Tank Fabricator
Location
Portland, OR
Wage
$78,711/yr
Posted on August 18, 2026
Location
Portland, OR
Wage
$78,711/yr
Posted on August 18, 2026
Alpha Transport is a leading petroleum transporter in the Western U.S. seeking an experienced Tank Fabricator to join their maintenance team, focusing on safety, professionalism, and quality workmanship.
At roughly $38/hr, this posting sits about 26% above the $30/hr median for welding jobs in Portland, OR — toward the top of a $28–$33/hr middle band drawn from 8 postings with published pay. Put another way, it pays more than about 100% 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.
We're tracking 15 other active welding openings in Portland, OR right now, from 10 different employers. 1 of them was added in the last week. Across Oregon as a whole we're tracking 56 other active welding openings from 41 employers. A metro this active generally means you have real leverage — employers here are competing for the same welders. Browse every welding job in Portland, or widen the search to Oregon.
The most active employers in Oregon at the moment, by number of open welding reqs, are AAON, Inc. (4), Sulzer (4), and Aerotek (3). Volume like that usually means either a genuine expansion or a staffing agency working several client sites — worth knowing which before you apply.
Within Oregon, the best-paying metros we track by median hourly rate are Portland at $30/hr and Redmond at $26/hr. Portland is among them.
Pay figures are medians computed from live postings in the Welding Pros index, not from survey data, and they move as employers post. Tank Fabricator figures were last recalculated when this page was built.