Welder-Fitter — Structural and Miscellaneous Metals

Advanced Metal Shop Ltd. is a Brampton-based custom metal fabrication shop specializing in structural and miscellaneous metals for major Ontario infrastructure projects. Our work serves the Toronto Transit Commission (TTC), municipal water and wastewater treatment plants, recreation centres, schools, and other institutional and commercial projects across the GTA.

We are seeking an experienced Welder-Fitter to join our shop team in Brampton. This is an on-site, shop-based position. This role does not involve pipe welding.

Position Details

Location: 30 Westwyn Court, Brampton, ON L6T 4T5 Employment type: Full-time, permanent Wage: $38.00 per hour Hours: 41.5 hours per week (Monday–Thursday 7:00 AM – 4:00 PM; Friday 7:00 AM – 3:00 PM, with 30-minute unpaid lunch) Overtime available when needed Vacancies: 1 Start date: As soon as possible Workplace: On-site only

Key Duties and Responsibilities

Interpret welding process specifications, blueprints, shop drawings, and welding symbols Operate manual, semi-automatic, and automated welding equipment Perform welding on structural and miscellaneous metal components (railings, stairs, support beams, channels, architectural metals, custom fabrications) Read and interpret welding blueprints, drawings, specifications, manuals, and processes Examine completed welds to ensure they meet standards and project specifications Operate manual or semi-automatic flame-cutting equipment Operate brakes, shears, and other metal shaping, straightening, and bending machines Fit, braze, and torch-straighten metal Operate oxygen arc cutting equipment (arc-air, AOC)



Determine weldability of materials Operate hoisting and lifting equipment Operate previously set-up welding machines to fabricate or repair metal parts and products Maintain and perform minor repairs on welding, brazing, and soldering equipment Utilize hand and power tools

Required Experience and Skills

Minimum 5 years of shop welding experience in structural and miscellaneous metals fabrication required; 8+ years preferred Experience welding to CSA W59 standards Proficiency in: SMAW (stick), GMAW (MIG), GTAW (TIG), FCAW (flux core), and spool gun welding Experience welding steel, stainless steel, and aluminum alloys Ability to read and interpret blueprints, shop drawings, and welding symbols Plasma arc cutting experience Ability to pass a weld test Workplace Hazardous Materials Information System (WHMIS) Certificate

Equipment Experience Required

Arc welding machines, gas welding machines Drill presses, shearing machines, brakes and presses Grinding and cutting machines Hand and power tools

Work Environment

Industrial manufacturing setting Dusty, hot, noisy environment with welding fumes/odours Physically demanding: handling heavy loads up to 23 kg (50 lbs), standing for extended periods, manual dexterity and hand-eye coordination required Custom fabrication shop — every project is built to unique engineered shop drawings





Personal Suitability

Accurate, dependable, reliable, organized, hardworking, punctual, resourceful, sound judgement, team-oriented.

Application Requirements

Must be legally authorized to work in Canada References attesting to welding experience required Proof of WHMIS certification required

Other Perks

Free in office parking Stable, long-term employment with an established custom fabrication shop

Application Questions

Applicants will be asked:

- Are you legally authorized to work in Canada?
- Do you have 5+ years of welding experience in structural and miscellaneous metals?
- Do you have experience welding steel, stainless steel, and aluminum?
- Do you have experience with SMAW, GMAW (MIG), GTAW (TIG), FCAW, and spool gun welding?
- Can you read and interpret blueprints, shop drawings, and welding symbols?
- Do you have WHMIS certification?

Advanced Metal Shop Ltd. is an equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will be considered. Only candidates legally eligible to work in Canada will be contacted for interviews.

Pay: $38.00 per hour

Expected hours: 41.5 per week

Benefits:

- On-site parking

Application question(s):

- Are you legally authorized to work in Canada?

- Do you have 5+ years of welding experience in structural and miscellaneous metals?
- Do you have experience welding steel, stainless steel, and aluminum?
- Do you have experience with SMAW, GMAW (MIG), GTAW (TIG), FCAW, and spool gun welding?
- Can you read and interpret blueprints, shop drawings, and welding symbols?
- Do you have WHMIS certification?

Work Location: In person

📌 Welder-Fitter (Brampton)
🏢 Advanced Metal Shop
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