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Overview

Tradestar is a leader in industrial craftsmanship, specializing in the fabrication of specialty truck bodies and process plant equipment for the commercial explosives industry. The Welder-Fitter position involves assembling, installing, and fitting together various assemblies while ensuring compliance with safety standards.

Responsibilities

  • Assemble, install, and fit together assemblies for specialty truck bodies and process plant equipment.
  • Ensure compliance with Company HSE Performance Standards and applicable regulations.
  • Weld stainless-steel, aluminum, and carbon.
  • Fabricate and assemble tanks, boxes, hose reels, augers, ladders, walkways, handrails, bins, brackets, day boxes, and bumpers.
  • Modify truck chassis including drilling holes in frame rails and installing bumpers.
  • Accurately account for components used for specific jobs/work orders.
  • Safely and efficiently assemble welded subassemblies and finished assemblies.
  • Ensure compliance with USA and international welding codes.
  • Search for and implement continuous improvement ideas.
  • Monitor daily/weekly/monthly work performance through Key Process Indicator graphs.
  • Participate in and contribute to team meetings.
  • Shift to non-welding jobs if required by supervisor.

Requirements

  • High School Diploma; Trade and/or Technical School Training.
  • 1+ years’ experience in welding stainless-steel, aluminum, and carbon using MIG, TIG, and Dual Shield welding techniques.
  • Familiarity with safety equipment including fall restraint/protection and confined space retrieval systems.
  • Able to read engineering blueprints, drawings, and designs.
  • Able to interpret, fabricate and assemble assemblies in accordance with technical drawings.
  • Able to operate various fabrication equipment including welding machines, shear, brake, band saw, and drill.
  • Requires basic computer navigation and math skills.
  • Positive attitude, friendly demeanor, and a team player.

Benefits

  • PTO
  • Health Insurance
  • Dental
  • 401k

Additional Information

  • This position is located in West Valley City, Utah.

Benefits

PTO
Health Insurance
Dental
401k
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How this job compares in Tooele, UT

Pay in context

This employer didn't publish a rate. For reference, welding jobs across Utah currently run a median of $32/hr in our index, with the middle half of them falling between $27–$35/hr across 24 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 Tooele, UT

Tooele, UT is a small market in our index: 1 other active welding opening alongside this one, from 1 employer. Across Utah as a whole we're tracking 42 other active welding openings from 38 employers. With this few local postings, most welders here end up either commuting or looking at travel work. Browse welding jobs across Utah.

The most active employers in Utah at the moment, by number of open welding reqs, are LACO Technologies (3), EZARC (2), and PacifiCorp (2). Volume like that usually means either a genuine expansion or a staffing agency working several client sites — worth knowing which before you apply.

What you'll be running

This posting calls for MIG and TIG 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. 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.

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