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Suncor

Pipefitter Welder - Colorado Refinery

Location

Commerce City, CO

Wage

$55.16/hr

Employment Type

Full-time

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Posted on August 21, 2026

Job Description

Overview

At Suncor, we produce and provide energy. As a Pipefitter Welder at our Commerce City refinery, you will play a vital role in delivering energy and making a meaningful impact in the communities where we live and work.

Responsibilities

  • Read and interpret drawings and ISOs to perform fabrication and field installations.
  • Fabricate and install threaded pipe, socket welded pipe and butt weld piping configurations.
  • Install valves, steam tracing (tubing), test piping systems, hangers, supports, maintenance repairs.
  • Operate all tools and equipment associated with this job such as carry decks, fork lifts, man lifts (articulating and scissor), basic rigging, and operation of pneumatic tools, electric tools, oxy-acetylene cutting and plasma cutting.
  • Maintain a welding certification with x-ray quality.

Requirements

  • Minimum of 3 years of related fitting and welding experience with piping, tubing, shell and tube heat exchangers, pressure vessels, and boilers.
  • A High School Diploma or General Education Diploma (GED) and a valid driver’s license with a driving record acceptable to Suncor.
  • Ability to pass a 6G SMAW Uphill (2” super coupon) test proctored by Suncor inspection and maintain active status within.
  • Exceptional communication and collaboration skills that enable you to build strong, positive relationships with diverse groups.

Benefits

  • Health Insurance
  • Dental
  • Vision
  • 401k

Additional Information

  • You will work out of our Commerce City refinery, located at 5801 Brighton Blvd.
  • Hours of work are a regular 40-hour work week, 5x8 hour shifts Monday through Friday OR 4x10 hour shifts Monday through Thursday, depending on business needs.
  • Paid overtime, often 100-600+ hours per year based on plant needs.
  • You will be required to perform some heavy lifting, use ladders and work on elevated work sites such as scaffolds and towers.
  • This position is safety sensitive.
  • Pre-employment drug testing, employment verification, education verification, background checks, and other pre-employment assessments are required.

Benefits

Health Insurance
Dental
Vision
401k
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How this job compares in Commerce City, CO

Pay in context

At roughly $55/hr, this posting sits about 97% above the $28/hr median for welding jobs across Colorado — toward the top of a $24–$33/hr middle band drawn from 71 postings with published pay. Put another way, it pays more than about 99% 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 Commerce City, CO

Commerce City, CO currently has 4 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 Colorado as a whole we're tracking 91 other active welding openings from 58 employers. That's enough local activity to be worth comparing two or three offers before committing. Browse every welding job in Commerce City, or widen the search to Colorado.

The most active employers in Colorado at the moment, by number of open welding reqs, are Welding Shop in Denver, CO (10), RK Industries (5), and Honeywell Technologies (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 Colorado, the best-paying metros we track by median hourly rate are Arvada at $30/hr and Denver at $29/hr. If you can relocate or commute, that spread is worth factoring in.

What you'll be running

This posting calls for Stick. Stick (SMAW) burns a flux-coated consumable rod and needs no shielding gas, so it works in wind, rain, and on dirty or rusted steel. That tolerance for bad conditions keeps it the default for field, structural, and repair work.

See all oil and gas welder openings if you want to compare this against similar roles.

Certifications this posting mentions

  • 6G — a pipe test welded on a joint fixed at a 45-degree incline. Because the torch has to travel through flat, vertical, and overhead angles in a single pass, passing 6G qualifies you for every position on pipe — which is why it is the ticket that separates pipe welders from plate welders on pay.

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 Commerce City, CO

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