Job Description

Overview

The Ironworker Journeyperson is responsible for planning, laying out, and performing structural steel erection and fabrication work according to applicable standards. Sundt is a 100% employee-owned contractor focused on long-term prosperity for clients and employee-owners, offering competitive pay and benefits.

Responsibilities

  • Seek opportunities to share knowledge and teach others.
  • Eliminate waste such as waiting, rework, transporting, material storage, and time.
  • Demonstrate high proficiency in related trade mathematics.
  • Inspect subordinates' work for accuracy and compliance with plans and specifications.
  • Lift and carry heavy items up to 50 pounds.
  • Look for opportunities for improvement in tasks and methods.
  • Maintain positive working relationships with crew members.
  • Produce high-quality work safely and productively.
  • Provide feedback to ensure availability of materials, tools, equipment, and information.

Requirements

  • Ability to read and understand drawings, specifications, safety and quality standards.
  • Minimum of three to six plus years of experience in the industrial/commercial construction industry.
  • In-depth understanding of the ironworker trade.
  • Effective verbal and written communication skills.

Benefits

  • 401k
  • Health Insurance
  • PTO
  • Employee Stock Ownership Plan
  • Bonus Eligibility
  • Flexible Spending Accounts
  • Employee Assistance Program
  • Workplace Wellness Programs
  • Mental Health Program
  • Life and Disability Insurance
  • Educational Assistance

Additional Information

  • Ability to wear personal protective equipment is required.
  • May reach above shoulder heights and below the waist frequently.
  • May stoop, kneel, or bend occasionally.
  • Work up to a 12-hour shift in varying temperatures and outside conditions.

Benefits

401k
Health Insurance
PTO
Employee Stock Ownership Plan
Bonus Eligibility
Flexible Spending Accounts
Employee Assistance Program
Workplace Wellness Programs
Mental Health Program
Life and Disability Insurance
Educational Assistance

How this job compares in El Mirage, AZ

Pay in context

This employer didn't publish a rate. For reference, structural welder jobs across Arizona currently run a median of $27/hr in our index, with the middle half of them falling between $22–$39/hr across 11 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 El Mirage, AZ

El Mirage, AZ currently has 7 other active welding openings besides this one, spread across 6 employers. 1 of them was added in the last week. Across Arizona as a whole we're tracking 285 other active welding openings from 175 employers. That's enough local activity to be worth comparing two or three offers before committing. Browse every welding job in El Mirage, or widen the search to Arizona.

Sundt Construction currently has 7 other openings live in Arizona, which is usually a sign of either steady growth or steady turnover — worth asking which in the interview.

The most active employers in Arizona at the moment, by number of open welding reqs, are Welding Shop in Phoenix, AZ (9), Comfort Systems USA Southwest (7), and Sundt Construction (7). Volume like that usually means either a genuine expansion or a staffing agency working several client sites — worth knowing which before you apply.

Within Arizona, the best-paying metros we track by median hourly rate are Mesa at $38/hr, El Mirage at $38/hr, and Phoenix at $30/hr. El Mirage is among them.

Similar openings near El Mirage, AZ

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