Job Description

Overview

This is an opportunity to join the 2nd Shift as a Welding Specialist I at the Boulder location, offering growth opportunities, competitive pay, and benefits.

Responsibilities

  • Produce code qualified welds in the 1G or 2G positions using the Gas Tungsten Arc Welding method.
  • Perform visual weld inspection before, during, and after each welding operation.
  • Follow safety procedures and identify safety concerns.
  • Communicate and cooperate well with co-workers and support staff.
  • Participate in improvement activities using Continuous Improvement Process and Lean Manufacturing tools.
  • Maintain proper process documentation for all operations.
  • Demonstrate excellent attendance, safety, and work habits.
  • Participate on New Product Introduction Teams and support prototype builds.
  • Ensure product and process quality is maintained and assist with process audits.
  • Perform preventative maintenance on equipment, tools, and fixtures.
  • Keep work areas clean and organized according to 5s+1 principles.
  • Exhibit excellent interpersonal communication skills.

Requirements

  • High school diploma or equivalent; AAS degree in welding preferred.
  • Prefer welding experience.
  • Must be able to lift up to 35lbs frequently.
  • Must be able to bend, crouch, push, pull, and reach regularly.
  • Must be able to wear personal protective equipment correctly.
  • Requires repetitive motion of fingers, hands, arms, and shoulders.
  • Capable of safely operating a powered industrial forklift.

Benefits

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

Additional Information

  • This position is for the 2nd Shift.
  • Location is Boulder.

Benefits

Health Insurance
Dental
Vision
401k
PTO

How this job compares in Boulder, CO

Pay in context

At roughly $31/hr, this posting sits about 16% above the $27/hr median for welding jobs across Colorado — toward the top of a $24–$33/hr middle band drawn from 72 postings with published pay. Put another way, it pays more than about 72% 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 Boulder, CO

This is the only active welding job we're currently tracking in Boulder, CO, which makes it worth moving on quickly — there is no local competing offer to weigh it against. Across Colorado as a whole we're tracking 89 other active welding openings from 59 employers. Browse welding jobs across Colorado.

The most active employers in Colorado at the moment, by number of open welding reqs, are Welding Shop in Denver, CO (9), Honeywell Technologies (4), and Express Employment Professionals Defunct (4). Volume like that usually means either a genuine expansion or a staffing agency working several client sites — worth knowing which before you apply.

Within Colorado, the best-paying metros we track by median hourly rate are Arvada at $30/hr, Denver at $28/hr, and Colorado Springs at $24/hr. If you can relocate or commute, that spread is worth factoring in.

Similar openings near Boulder, CO

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