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Job Description

Overview

In Motion Systems Group and Hydraulic Actuator Division is seeking a Welder for their 1st shift in Enumclaw, WA. The role involves preparing and welding products and components using various techniques and equipment.

Responsibilities

  • Welds metal components together with a variety of welding techniques and equipment.
  • Sets up machines and selects proper electrodes.
  • Handles and positions work with or without use of fixtures.
  • Follows WPS.
  • Performs SPCs.
  • Actively participates in company-sponsored training programs.
  • Uses a variety of hand tools and basic production equipment to prepare components for assembly.
  • Completes additional duties and projects as assigned.
  • Maintains applicable WABO certification.
  • Inspects own work and meets applicable standards.

Requirements

  • High School Diploma or G.E.D.
  • 1 year of spray transfer experience.
  • Production welding experience preferred.
  • Understanding of basic welding symbols.
  • Sound knowledge of weld quality and ability to perform basic visual inspection of welded parts.
  • Ability to follow verbal and written instructions.
  • Effective verbal and written communication skills.
  • Ability to work effectively with others as a participative team player.

Benefits

  • 401k
  • Health Insurance
  • PTO

Additional Information

  • 1st shift schedule: 5 AM to 1:30 PM.
  • The employee may be exposed to oils, dirt, fumes, and moving equipment.
  • The noise level in the work environment is usually moderate to loud.

Benefits

401k
Health Insurance
PTO
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How this job compares in Enumclaw, WA

Pay in context

At roughly $30/hr, this posting lands within a few percent of the $32/hr median for welding jobs across Washington, whose middle half runs $30–$38/hr across 62 postings with published pay. Put another way, it pays more than about 42% of the comparable postings we have wage data for. In other words it is a market-rate offer, so benefits, overtime, and shift schedule are where the real difference between this and the next posting on the list shows up.

The local market in Enumclaw, WA

This is the only active welding job we're currently tracking in Enumclaw, WA, which makes it worth moving on quickly — there is no local competing offer to weigh it against. Across Washington as a whole we're tracking 75 other active welding openings from 45 employers. Browse welding jobs across Washington.

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

The most active employers in Washington at the moment, by number of open welding reqs, are Welding Shop in Seattle, WA (14), All American Marine (4), and Parker Hannifin (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 Washington, the best-paying metros we track by median hourly rate are Seattle at $36/hr and Bremerton at $34/hr. If you can relocate or commute, that spread is worth factoring in.

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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 figures were last recalculated when this page was built.