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Overview

The Welder is responsible for performing high-quality welding and fabrication work to maintain, repair, and improve plant and mobile equipment. This role ensures structural integrity and operational reliability by executing welding tasks on heavy machinery components and collaborating with maintenance teams to enhance safety.

Responsibilities

  • Inspect and evaluate plant and mobile equipment to identify safety hazards, defects, or wear requiring repair or welding service.
  • Perform welding, fabrication, and repair on structural and mechanical components using FCAW, GMAW, SMAW, and SAW processes.
  • Fabricate and install new parts, guards, and structural support as needed.
  • Cut, grind, and prepare metal surfaces for welding using oxy-fuel torches and power tools.
  • Repair worn or damaged components on crushers, conveyors, screens, and other plant systems.
  • Assist with alignment and assembly of plant machinery during rebuilds or installations.
  • Support preventive maintenance tasks including lubrication, bolt tightening, and minor mechanical adjustments.
  • Follow MSHA safety standards and company policies.
  • Maintain detailed maintenance and repair records.
  • Use and maintain hand tools, power tools, and welding equipment in safe, working conditions.
  • Collaborate with plant leadership and vendors to support major repairs, maintenance projects, and equipment installations.
  • Adhere to all company safety policies and participate in plant safety initiatives.
  • Perform other duties as assigned to support plant operations and maintenance needs.

Requirements

  • Vocational training or equivalent experience.
  • 1+ years of related experience in Welding, Fabrication, and Maintenance of Aggregate or Heavy Equipment preferred.
  • Welding and metalworking skills.
  • Mechanical analysis skills.
  • Design tools knowledge.
  • Mechanical controls knowledge.
  • Troubleshooting skills.
  • Knowledge of MSHA compliance and regulations.
  • Problem solving skills.
  • Detail oriented.
  • Time management skills.

Benefits

  • Health Insurance
  • Dental
  • Vision
  • PTO
  • 401k

Additional Information

  • Must be able to lift and carry up to 50 lbs.
  • Required to bend, stoop, climb, and reach.
  • Must be able to work in areas where noise levels are up to 85 dbs.

Benefits

Health Insurance
Dental
Vision
PTO
401k
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How this job compares in Brighton, CO

Pay in context

At roughly $40/hr, this posting sits about 36% above the $29/hr median for welding jobs across Colorado — toward the top of a $24–$35/hr middle band drawn from 67 postings with published pay. Put another way, it pays more than about 81% of the comparable postings we have wage data for. Pay that far above local median usually comes attached to something: a harder cert requirement, travel, night shift, or overtime that isn't really optional. Worth establishing which before you accept.

The local market in Brighton, CO

This is the only active welding job we're currently tracking in Brighton, CO, which makes it worth moving on quickly — there is no local competing offer to weigh it against. Across Colorado as a whole we're tracking 83 other active welding openings from 57 employers. Browse welding jobs across Colorado.

Martin Marietta currently has 3 other openings live in Colorado, which is usually a sign of either steady growth or steady turnover — worth asking which in the interview.

The most active employers in Colorado at the moment, by number of open welding reqs, are Welding Shop in Denver, CO (9), RK Industries (7), and Honeywell Technologies (4). Volume like that usually means either a genuine expansion or a staffing agency working several client sites — worth knowing which before you apply.

Within Colorado, the best-paying metros we track by median hourly rate are Louisville at $35/hr, Denver at $34/hr, and Arvada at $27/hr. If you can relocate or commute, that spread is worth factoring in.

What you'll be running

This posting calls for MIG, Stick, and Flux-Core work. MIG (GMAW) feeds a continuous wire electrode through a shielding-gas nozzle. It lays down metal fast and is forgiving on clean material, which is why it dominates production and light fabrication work. Stick (SMAW) burns a flux-coated consumable rod and needs no shielding gas, so it works in wind, rain, and on dirty or rusted steel. That tolerance for bad conditions keeps it the default for field, structural, and repair work.

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