Job Description

Overview

EZARC is seeking a highly skilled Journeyman Ironworker (Welder) to join their team. The ideal candidate will have a strong commitment to safety and a desire to grow professionally while working collaboratively to achieve success.

Responsibilities

  • Read and interpret steel erection and shop drawings.
  • Create layouts on concrete and existing structures according to drawings.
  • Shakeout steel in order of erection sequence per drawings.
  • Prepare hardware needed for materials to be erected.
  • Determine proper rigging slings and hardware according to the weight of the load.
  • Ensure that all rigging tools are safe and reliable before each use.
  • Establish effective communication with the crane operator and crew members using radio or hand signals.
  • Detect faulty operation of equipment, tools, or defective material and notify Foreman.
  • Fabricate metal parts such as frames, columns, beams, or girders according to blueprints.
  • Work alongside a crew to perform the erection of structural steel members.
  • Maintain a high standard of safety culture.
  • Exhibit efficient leadership skills to perform tasks on tight deadlines.
  • Signal or verbally direct workers engaged in hoisting and moving loads.
  • Attach loads to rigging to provide support or prepare them for moving.
  • Select rigging gear according to the weight of the load.
  • Control movement of heavy equipment or loads through narrow openings or confined spaces.
  • Dismantle and store rigging equipment after each use.
  • Clamp, hold, tack-weld, heat-bend, grind, or bolt parts for welding.
  • Recognize, set up, and operate hand and power tools common to the welding trade.
  • Determine required equipment and welding methods.
  • Mark or tag material with proper job numbers and identifying marks.
  • Prepare all material surfaces to be welded.
  • Clean or degrease parts using wire brushes or portable grinders.
  • Repair products by dismantling, straightening, reshaping, and reassembling parts.
  • Gouge metals using the air-arc gouging process.
  • Preheat workpieces before welding or bending.
  • Connect columns, beams, and girders with bolts according to blueprints.
  • Hoist steel beams, girders, and columns into place using cranes.
  • Assemble hoisting equipment or riggings to move heavy equipment or materials.
  • Erect metal or precast concrete components for various structures.

Requirements

  • 4+ years of experience as an Ironworker.
  • Experience with tight deadlines and strict safety requirements.
  • Ability to operate a telescopic forklift, boom lift, and scissor lift.
  • Ability to weld 3G and 4G with different welding applications.
  • Any OSHA/MSHA or other safety certifications are a plus.
  • Ability to work with minimal supervision.
  • Takes pride in accomplishing quality work.
  • Great communication skills, especially with crane or forklift operators.
  • Discretion in phone usage.
  • Comfortable with working at heights.
  • Experience in bull-rigging is a plus.
  • Heavy industrial experience in shutdowns or turnaround is a plus.

Benefits

  • 401k
  • PTO
  • Health Insurance
  • Dental
  • Vision
  • Short-Term Disability
  • Long-Term Disability
  • Life Insurance
  • Employee Assistance Program
  • Referral Program
  • Health Savings Account
  • Professional Development Assistance

Additional Information

  • Not a traveling position.

Benefits

401k
PTO
Health Insurance
Dental
Vision
Short-Term Disability
Long-Term Disability
Life Insurance
Employee Assistance Program
Referral Program
Health Savings Account
Professional Development Assistance

How this job compares in Phoenix, AZ

Pay in context

This employer didn't publish a rate. For reference, structural welder jobs in Phoenix, AZ currently run a median of $34/hr in our index, with the middle half of them falling between $32–$38/hr across 8 postings with published pay. That median is a reasonable floor to anchor on when a recruiter asks what you're looking for.

The local market in Phoenix, AZ

We're tracking 218 other active welding openings in Phoenix, AZ right now, from 141 different employers. 86 of them were added in the last week. Across Arizona as a whole we're tracking 495 other active welding openings from 293 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.

EZARC currently has 17 other openings live in Arizona, which is usually a sign of either steady growth or steady turnover — worth asking which in the interview.

The most active employers in Arizona at the moment, by number of open welding reqs, are EZARC (17), Sundt Construction (15), and U-Haul (9). 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 El Mirage at $38/hr, Waddell at $34/hr, and Mesa at $33/hr. If you can relocate or commute, that spread is worth factoring in.

Certifications this posting mentions

  • 3G / 4Gplate position tests — 3G is welded vertically, 4G overhead. Together they demonstrate you can hold a puddle against gravity, and they are the common entry qualifications for structural and production shops.

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.

Similar openings near Phoenix, AZ

Pay figures are medians computed from live postings in the Welding Pros index, not from survey data, and they move as employers post. Journeyman Ironworker (Welders, P3 AUX WRC/Tunnel Common Supports) figures were last recalculated when this page was built.