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Overview

Everett Ship Repair is a premier ship repair facility in the Pacific Northwest, established in 2019, focusing on repair, maintenance, and conversion services for commercial vessels. They are seeking a Structural Welder to join their team and contribute to the fabrication and assembly of marine vessels.

Responsibilities

  • Weld out panels, assemblies, modules, and final build of vessels.
  • Weld seams and skip welds in various positions for different joint types.
  • Grind and prep weld seams for tacking and final inspection.
  • Set up and operate MIG welders for watertight and skip weld patterns.
  • Perform Air Arc operations to back gouge welds and remove bad welds.
  • Sub-arc large hull and deck plates.
  • Clean, lubricate, maintain, and adjust equipment for efficient operation.
  • Prepare metal surfaces using hand-operated equipment.
  • Set up ventilation and lighting in confined spaces.
  • Perform welds on various alloys including aluminum and stainless steel.
  • Complete hundreds of inches of weld during an eight-hour day.
  • Work as a team member and communicate effectively.
  • Embrace safety culture and practice safe shipyard work practices.
  • Develop and maintain constructive working relationships.
  • Share knowledge with other employees, especially apprentices.
  • Perform other tasks as needed.

Requirements

  • 3+ years experience as a Welder.
  • Ability to read and interpret specifications and blueprints.
  • Basic math skills.
  • Good verbal communication skills.
  • Experience working around heavy machinery.
  • Ability to enter confined spaces using a respirator.
  • Knowledge of shipyard safety practices and vessel terminology.
  • High School Education or equivalent or vocational education.
  • 2-G, 3-G, 4-G ABS Steel certification required; Aluminum a plus.
  • Ability to understand and perform basic mathematics.
  • Knowledge of basic hand and power tools.
  • Formal training in welding processes and equipment care.
  • Certified or certifiable in USCG or ABS welding.
  • Ability to work overtime as necessary.
  • Ability to lift and carry up to 50 lbs and work at heights of 60 ft.

Benefits

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

Additional Information

Everett Ship Repair is a drug-free workplace and requires a pre-employment drug screen and background check.

Benefits

401k
Health Insurance
Dental
Vision
PTO
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How this job compares in Everett, WA

Pay in context

This employer didn't publish a rate. For reference, welding jobs across Washington currently run a median of $32/hr in our index, with the middle half of them falling between $30–$38/hr across 60 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 Everett, WA

Everett, WA currently has 5 other active welding openings besides this one, spread across 5 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 71 other active welding openings from 44 employers. That's enough local activity to be worth comparing two or three offers before committing. Browse every welding job in Everett, or widen the search to Washington.

Everett Ship Repair currently has 1 other opening live in Washington, which is usually a sign of either steady growth or steady turnover — worth asking which in the interview.

The most active employers in Washington at the moment, by number of open welding reqs, are Welding Shop in Seattle, WA (11), Parker Hannifin (4), and All American Marine (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 Washington, the best-paying metros we track by median hourly rate are Seattle at $36/hr and Bremerton at $34/hr. If you can relocate or commute, that spread is worth factoring in.

What you'll be running

This posting calls for MIG. 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.

See all structural welder 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. Structural Welder Journeyman ESR figures were last recalculated when this page was built.