Job Description

Overview

At OTC, being a Welder/Fabricator means playing an important role in building, repairing, and maintaining the equipment and systems that keep customers running. This position uses a variety of techniques to produce structural and piping components in accordance with drawings, specifications, quality standards, and safety requirements.

Responsibilities

  • Perform Stick, MIG, and TIG welding using various sizes of wire and electrodes.
  • Identify and select the appropriate filler materials for each application.
  • Read and accurately interpret shop sketches, blueprints, and simple to complex isometric drawings.
  • Lay out, fit, and fabricate components according to drawings and specifications with minimal supervision.
  • Fabricate structural components, pipe shapes, and simple to complex piping systems.
  • Set up and operate electric and engine-driven welding equipment.
  • Set up and operate oxy-acetylene and handheld plasma-cutting equipment.
  • Operate rigging equipment and perform simple to complex rigging operations involving small and large loads.
  • Operate forklifts, scissor lifts, boom lifts, and other mobile equipment.
  • Operate overhead cranes and assist with mobile crane operations and signaling, as qualified.
  • Maintain all required tools and personal welding PPE.
  • Follow all company safety policies and perform work safely and productively.
  • Travel to customer and job sites throughout Arizona based on business needs.
  • Work extended hours when required to meet customer and operational needs.
  • Perform other duties as assigned.

Requirements

  • 3–5 years of welding and fabrication experience.
  • Proficiency in Stick, MIG, and TIG welding.
  • Strong structural and pipe fabrication skills.
  • Experience with pipe fitting, layout, and component fit-up.
  • Ability to obtain AWS D1.1 certification upon hire; 6G welding qualification preferred.
  • Ability to travel to job and customer sites with overnight stays.
  • Ability to read and interpret blueprints, shop drawings, and isometric drawings accurately.
  • Experience operating overhead cranes and using mobile cranes and crane signals preferred.
  • MSHA certification preferred.
  • Strong problem-solving skills and the ability to work independently, efficiently, and with a high degree of accuracy.
  • Professional demeanor and the ability to work effectively with others.
  • Reliable transportation and the ability to meet company driving requirements, including completion of a pre-employment Motor Vehicle Record review.
  • Ability to successfully complete a pre-employment drug screen and background check.
  • Ability to work in environments with exposure to extreme temperatures, chemicals, biohazardous materials, dirt, dust, fumes, smoke, loud noise, and other potentially hazardous conditions.
  • Ability to perform considerable physical activity, including lifting, pushing, and pulling objects weighing up to 50 pounds.
  • Ability to wear required protective equipment and follow extensive safety precautions.

Benefits

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

Additional Information

  • $60/day Per Diem plus room coverage.

Benefits

Health Insurance
Dental
Vision
PTO
401k

How this job compares in Phoenix, AZ

Pay in context

At roughly $34/hr, this posting sits about 48% above the $23/hr median for welder fabricator jobs in Phoenix, AZ — toward the top of a $22–$24/hr middle band drawn from 9 postings with published pay. Put another way, it pays more than about 89% 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 Phoenix, AZ

We're tracking 127 other active welding openings in Phoenix, AZ right now, from 90 different employers. 9 of them were added in the last week. Across Arizona as a whole we're tracking 285 other active welding openings from 174 employers. A metro this active generally means you have real leverage — employers here are competing for the same welders. Browse every welding job in Phoenix, or widen the search to Arizona.

The most active employers in Arizona at the moment, by number of open welding reqs, are Welding Shop in Phoenix, AZ (9), Sundt Construction (8), and Comfort Systems USA Southwest (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. Phoenix is among them.

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.

See all welder fabricator openings if you want to compare this against similar roles.

Certifications this posting mentions

  • 6Ga pipe test welded on a joint fixed at a 45-degree incline. Because the torch has to travel through flat, vertical, and overhead angles in a single pass, passing 6G qualifies you for every position on pipe — which is why it is the ticket that separates pipe welders from plate welders on pay.
  • AWS D1.1the American Welding Society's Structural Welding Code for steel. It governs almost all building and structural steel work in the US, so a D1.1 qualification is the baseline credential for construction and ironworking.

Read straight from this posting's text. Confirm the exact qualification the employer wants before you test — requirements vary by shop even under the same code.

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