WELDER
Location
Kent, WA
Wage
$39.42/hr
Employment Type
Full-time
Required Skills & Certifications
MIG WeldingTIG WeldingStick Welding
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Posted on August 17, 2026
Job Description
Overview
We have an immediate job opening for an experienced welder with a strong MIG background. The company is a union shop that provides manufacturing support and repair of industrial machinery, working with various industrial customers.
Responsibilities
- Fabrication and positioner welding for overlays and hydraulic cylinders.
- Welding a variety of materials using MIG, TIG, and stick methods.
Requirements
- Minimum of five years of machining experience.
- High school diploma or equivalent.
- Mechanical aptitude with at least five years of experience in a job shop environment.
- Strong work ethic and good problem-solving capabilities.
- Commitment to quality.
- Ability to work well with others.
- Good communication skills.
- Organizational skills.
- Good math skills.
- Safe work habits.
- Ability to lift 50 lbs.
- Possession of own tools.
Benefits
- 401k
- Health Insurance
- Dental
- Vision
- PTO
Additional Information
- Day shift with flexible start time Monday through Friday.
Benefits
401k
Health Insurance
Dental
Vision
PTO
How this job compares in Kent, WA
Pay in context
At roughly $39/hr, this posting sits about 19% above the $33/hr median for welding jobs across Washington — toward the top of a $28–$41/hr middle band drawn from 66 postings with published pay. Put another way, it pays more than about 73% 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 Kent, WA
Kent, WA currently has 3 other active welding openings besides this one, spread across 2 employers. None of them were added in the last week, so this is a slower-moving market. Across Washington as a whole we're tracking 92 other active welding openings from 56 employers. That's enough local activity to be worth comparing two or three offers before committing. Browse every welding job in Kent, or widen the search to Washington.
The most active employers in Washington at the moment, by number of open welding reqs, are Welding Shop in Seattle, WA (14), Loenbro (5), and Parker Hannifin (4). Volume like that usually means either a genuine expansion or a staffing agency working several client sites — worth knowing which before you apply.
What you'll be running
This posting calls for MIG, TIG, and Stick 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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