Refractory Operator
Location
Mesa, AZ
Employment Type
Full-time
Posted on August 25, 2026
Location
Mesa, AZ
Employment Type
Full-time
Posted on August 25, 2026
CMC offers a Refractory Operator position that provides an excellent opportunity to learn about the steel, construction reinforcement, and ground stabilization industries while contributing to the company's success through teamwork and support.
This employer didn't publish a rate. For reference, welding jobs in Mesa, AZ currently run a median of $33/hr in our index, with the middle half of them falling between $25–$35/hr across 16 postings with published pay. That median is a reasonable floor to anchor on when a recruiter asks what you're looking for.
We're tracking 50 other active welding openings in Mesa, AZ right now, from 42 different employers. 28 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 Mesa, or widen the search to Arizona.
CMC currently has 1 other opening 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 (18), 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. Mesa is among them.
Pay figures are medians computed from live postings in the Welding Pros index, not from survey data, and they move as employers post. Refractory Operator figures were last recalculated when this page was built.