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Overview

Join Sundt, one of Arizona's leading builders, as a Pipelayer for a high-profile industrial project offering long-term opportunities. The position requires experienced craftsmen in heavy commercial/industrial construction with a competitive pay rate of $31 per hour plus additional cash fringe.

Responsibilities

  • Assist skilled craft workers in performing their assigned duties.
  • Work in other crafts at levels appropriate to training and skills as requested by project supervision.
  • Take direction from a higher skilled worker or foreman.
  • Utilize effective math skills for calculations.
  • Eliminate waste such as waiting, rework, and unnecessary transportation.
  • Ask a supervisor about any work-related uncertainties or safety practices.
  • Learn and understand all safety hazards related to the work.
  • Safely and effectively use or operate work-related tools and equipment.
  • Look for opportunities for improvement in tasks and methods.
  • Maintain positive working relationships with all crew members.
  • Produce high-quality work safely and productively.
  • Provide feedback to ensure all materials and tools are available for the work.

Requirements

  • NCCER Core Curriculum and/or a High School diploma or equivalent preferred.
  • One year experience (level I), two years' experience (level II), and three plus years' experience in the industrial/commercial construction industry preferred.
  • Possess effective verbal and written communication skills.

Benefits

  • 401k
  • Health Insurance
  • PTO

Additional Information

  • Must pass a pre-employment drug screening.
  • Reliable transportation is required.
  • Ability to wear personal protective equipment is required.
  • Work up to a 12-hour shift in varying temperatures and outside conditions.

Benefits

401k
Health Insurance
PTO
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How this job compares in Phoenix, AZ

Pay in context

At roughly $31/hr, this posting lands within a few percent of the $32/hr median for welding jobs in Phoenix, AZ, whose middle half runs $25–$35/hr across 79 postings with published pay. Put another way, it pays more than about 48% of the comparable postings we have wage data for. In other words it is a market-rate offer, so benefits, overtime, and shift schedule are where the real difference between this and the next posting on the list shows up.

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.

Sundt Construction currently has 14 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 (18), Sundt Construction (14), 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.

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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. Pipelayer - Phoenix, AZ figures were last recalculated when this page was built.