Custom Fabrication Welder
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Join Our Manufacturing Team
CHL Systems is looking for Custom Fabrication Welders at multiple skill levels to join our manufacturing team in Souderton, PA. Whether you're early in your welding career and looking to continue developing your skills or you're an experienced welder/fabricator, we're interested in hearing from you.
Our welders work on custom automation and material handling equipment, with a strong focus on stainless steel fabrication and TIG welding. This is a hands-on shop role where you'll work from drawings to fabricate, fit, weld, and finish components that become part of custom-built equipment.
Level and starting pay will be based on demonstrated welding and fabrication skills, experience, and overall fit for the role.
Why Join CHL Systems?
- Competitive compensation with growth opportunities
- Weekly pay
- Medical, dental, vision, PTO, paid holidays, and 401(k) with company match
- Stable, family-owned manufacturing company with 65+ years in business
- Safety-focused, team-oriented shop
- Opportunity to continue developing your welding and fabrication skills
- Work on custom equipment where no two projects are exactly the same
What You’ll Do
Depending on your experience and skill level, responsibilities may include:
- Perform TIG welding on stainless steel components, with MIG and other welding processes as needed
- Read and work from blueprints, weld symbols, dimensions, and tolerances
- Lay out, fit, tack, and fabricate components and weldments from drawings and work instructions
- Set up welding equipment and select appropriate settings for the material and application
- Measure, cut, grind, bend, straighten, polish, repair, and rework components as needed
- Inspect your own work for weld quality, fit, finish, dimensions, and overall accuracy
- Use shop math and measuring tools to complete layout and fabrication work
- Identify and address fit-up, distortion, and fabrication issues as they arise
- Safely operate welding and fabrication equipment and material handling equipment as trained and authorized
- Work closely with welders, fabricators, supervisors, and other production team members to complete custom projects
What We’re Looking For
We’re open to candidates at different stages of their welding careers. Your starting level will depend on the skills and experience you bring to the position.
We’d like to see:
- High school diploma or equivalent
- Welding or fabrication experience, technical training, or a combination of education and hands-on experience
- Experience with or exposure to TIG/GTAW welding; stainless steel experience is strongly preferred
- Ability to use basic measuring tools and understand dimensions
- Mechanical aptitude and attention to detail
- Commitment to safe, clean, and high-quality work
- Willingness to learn and continue developing welding and fabrication skills
For more experienced candidates, we’re especially interested in:
- Strong TIG/GTAW skills, particularly with stainless steel and thin-gauge material
- Experience independently laying out, fitting, and fabricating weldments from blueprints
- Ability to interpret weld symbols, tolerances, dimensions, and detailed fabrication drawings
- Experience controlling heat input and distortion when welding stainless steel
- Stainless steel grinding, polishing, and finishing experience
- Strong shop math and layout skills
- Ability to troubleshoot fit-up and fabrication issues with limited supervision
- MIG/GMAW, FCAW, or additional welding process experience
- Welding certifications, technical school training, or equivalent trade experience
Work Environment & Physical Requirements
- This is a full-time, on-site position in our Souderton, PA manufacturing facility
- Work is performed around welding equipment, fabrication tools, machinery, and active production areas
- Regular standing, walking, reaching, handling, bending, kneeling, crouching, and movement throughout the workday is required
- Exposure to loud noise, fumes, airborne particles, vibration, moving mechanical parts, and normal shop activity may occur
- Required PPE must be worn in designated areas, and established safety procedures must be followed
- Must have close vision, distance vision, color vision, depth perception, and the ability to adjust focus
- Must be able to lift and move up to 50 pounds frequently and up to 100 pounds occasionally
- Work may involve forklift, side loaders, overhead cranes, and other material handling equipment
- Occasional overtime may be required based on production needs
About CHL Systems
For more than 65 years, CHL Systems has been a trusted leader in designing and manufacturing custom automation and material handling solutions. Serving the food, pharmaceutical, and general manufacturing industries, we combine innovation, craftsmanship, and a family-oriented culture to deliver high-quality systems that keep our customers’ operations moving.
Equal Opportunity Employer (M/F/D/V)