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A2 Fabrication

Welder/Fabricator

Location

Portland, OR

Wage

$22 – $28/hr

Employment Type

Full-time

Required Skills & Certifications

MIG WeldingFlux-Core Welding
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Posted on August 4, 2026

Job Description

Overview

A2 Fabrication is a dynamic, full-service shop that provides both metal fabrication and field installation of handrail, structural and miscellaneous steel. They are looking for an experienced Welder/Fabricator who is self-motivated and team oriented, with the ability to perform installation work in the field.

Responsibilities

  • Communicate effectively and work in a team environment
  • Assist with installations
  • Read and interpret shop drawings and sketches
  • Accurately layout and assemble & fit with efficiency and without supervision
  • Identify material shapes & profiles, parts, holes and welds
  • Lay high-quality welds on both light gage and heavy structural components
  • Pass GMAW and FCAW weld certification tests
  • Safely operate shop and field tools & devices, power tools, material handling equipment, scissor lifts, boom lifts and other machinery & equipment
  • Maintain attention to details
  • Provide a clean driving record and valid driver’s license
  • Pass a drug test

Requirements

  • Experience with structural steel erection and handrail installation is a plus

Benefits

  • 401k
  • Dental
  • Health Insurance
  • PTO

Benefits

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

Pay in context

At roughly $25/hr, this posting comes in about 17% below the $30/hr median for welding jobs in Portland, OR, where the middle half runs $28–$33/hr across 14 postings with published pay. Put another way, it pays more than about 7% of the comparable postings we have wage data for. That gap is worth raising directly — in a market this size there is normally room to negotiate toward the median, particularly if you already hold the certifications the posting asks for.

The local market in Portland, OR

We're tracking 21 other active welding openings in Portland, OR right now, from 11 different employers. 3 of them were added in the last week. Across Oregon as a whole we're tracking 66 other active welding openings from 43 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 Welding Shop in Portland, OR (9), 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 Flux-Core 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. Flux-cored (FCAW) runs a hollow wire filled with flux, combining MIG-like deposition rates with the outdoor tolerance of stick. It is the workhorse on heavy structural steel and shipbuilding, where thick sections and long welds reward speed.

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

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