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Job Description

Overview

The Welder 2 position involves welding, fabricating, and assisting pipe fitters in the installation of industrial piping systems. Candidates must pass a weld test and have significant experience in various welding conditions and techniques.

Responsibilities

  • Selects equipment and plans layouts, assembly, and welding.
  • Layouts, positions, aligns, cuts, assembles, and fits metal components.
  • Bolts, clamps, and tack-welds parts to secure them for welding.
  • Sets up equipment and welds parts using various welding techniques.
  • Welds metal materials to piping systems equipment using appropriate procedures.
  • Identifies all equipment for the job and process.
  • Identifies all safety risks and requirements.

Requirements

  • Must pass a 2" Extra heavy carbon steel weld test in 6G position.
  • Ability to weld in 2g, 4g, and 6g conditions.
  • Must be able to Stick and Tig weld on Pipe.
  • Must have current applicable welding certification with Zachry or pass a weld test.
  • Must have 4+ years of welding experience.
  • Must have all required knowledge, skills, and abilities.
  • Must meet all physical requirements.
  • Must have all required tools upon start date.
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How this job compares in Woods Cross, UT

Pay in context

This employer didn't publish a rate. For reference, welding jobs across Utah currently run a median of $27/hr in our index, with the middle half of them falling between $22–$30/hr across 30 postings with published pay. That median is a reasonable floor to anchor on when a recruiter asks what you're looking for.

The local market in Woods Cross, UT

This is the only active welding job we're currently tracking in Woods Cross, UT, which makes it worth moving on quickly — there is no local competing offer to weigh it against. Across Utah as a whole we're tracking 61 other active welding openings from 55 employers. Browse welding jobs across Utah.

Zachry Group currently has 1 other opening live in Utah, which is usually a sign of either steady growth or steady turnover — worth asking which in the interview.

The most active employers in Utah at the moment, by number of open welding reqs, are Precision Castparts (2), Nucor Corporation (2), and Spherion (2). Volume like that usually means either a genuine expansion or a staffing agency working several client sites — worth knowing which before you apply.

Within Utah, the best-paying metros we track by median hourly rate are West Jordan at $27/hr and Salt Lake City at $25/hr. If you can relocate or commute, that spread is worth factoring in.

What you'll be running

This posting calls for TIG. TIG (GTAW) uses a non-consumable tungsten electrode with filler added by hand, giving the operator the most control of any process. It is slow, demanding, and the standard for stainless, aluminum, and anything where the bead has to look as good as it holds.

Certifications this posting mentions

  • 6G — a pipe test welded on a joint fixed at a 45-degree incline. Because the torch has to travel through flat, vertical, and overhead angles in a single pass, passing 6G qualifies you for every position on pipe — which is why it is the ticket that separates pipe welders from plate welders on pay.
  • 3G / 4G — plate position tests — 3G is welded vertically, 4G overhead. Together they demonstrate you can hold a puddle against gravity, and they are the common entry qualifications for structural and production shops.

Read straight from this posting's text. Confirm the exact qualification the employer wants before you test — requirements vary by shop even under the same code.

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Pay figures are medians computed from live postings in the Welding Pros index, not from survey data, and they move as employers post. Welder 2 figures were last recalculated when this page was built.