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Overview

The Welder / Mechanic position involves inspecting and repairing various components of semi trucks and trailers, including brakes, electrical systems, and performing welding tasks. The ideal candidate should be experienced in working with heavy vehicles and able to work independently or as part of a team.

Responsibilities

  • Inspect and replace brakes, wheel seals, slack adjusters, etc.
  • Inspect and replace U-joints, yokes, pinion seals, driveline.
  • Inspect and repair truck and trailer suspension.
  • Replace clutches and flywheels.
  • Remove and replace differentials.
  • Troubleshoot and repair electrical systems, charging and starting.
  • Occasional lube and service of trucks.
  • Perform welding tasks including arc, MIG, and TIG welding, air-arc, and torch cutting.
  • Perform federal annual vehicle inspection.
  • Perform periodic MC cargo tank inspections.

Requirements

  • Experienced working with semi trucks and trailers.
  • Self-starter.
  • Able to work independently and with a team.

Benefits

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

Additional Information

  • Hours are Monday to Friday from 7:00 AM to 3:30 PM with possible overtime.

Benefits

Health Insurance
Dental
Vision
401k
PTO
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How this job compares in Portland, OR

Pay in context

At roughly $33/hr, this posting sits about 10% above the $30/hr median for welding jobs in Portland, OR — toward the top of a $27–$33/hr middle band drawn from 14 postings with published pay. Put another way, it pays more than about 86% 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 Portland, OR

We're tracking 21 other active welding openings in Portland, OR right now, from 12 different employers. 2 of them were added in the last week. Across Oregon as a whole we're tracking 66 other active welding openings from 44 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.

Welding Shop in Portland, OR currently has 8 other openings live in Oregon, which is usually a sign of either steady growth or steady turnover — worth asking which in the interview.

The most active employers in Oregon at the moment, by number of open welding reqs, are Welding Shop in Portland, OR (8), AAON, Inc. (4), and Sulzer (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 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.

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.

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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 / mechanic figures were last recalculated when this page was built.