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Job Description

Overview

Join Sundt, one of Arizona's leading builders, as an Ironworker on a high-profile industrial project. We seek skilled craftsmen experienced in heavy commercial and industrial construction for long-term full-time employment.

Responsibilities

  • Plan, lay-out and perform all types of structural steel erection and fabrication work.
  • Seek opportunities to share knowledge and teach others.
  • Eliminate waste such as waiting, rework, transporting, and material storage.
  • Inspect subordinates' work for accuracy and compliance with plans.
  • Lift and carry heavy items up to 50 pounds.
  • Look for opportunities for improvement in all tasks.
  • 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

  • Must be able to read and understand drawings, specifications, safety and quality standards.
  • Minimum of three to six plus years of experience in the industrial/commercial construction industry.
  • In-depth understanding of the ironworker trade.
  • Effective verbal and written communication skills.

Benefits

  • 401k
  • Health Insurance
  • PTO

Additional Information

  • Rate $33.00/hr plus fringe benefit payment.
  • 40+ hours minimum per week with overtime opportunities.
  • Must pass a pre-employment drug screening.
  • Reliable transportation is required.

Benefits

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

Pay in context

At roughly $33/hr, this posting sits about 10% above the $30/hr median for welding jobs in Phoenix, AZ — toward the top of a $23–$39/hr middle band drawn from 90 postings with published pay. Put another way, it pays more than about 59% 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 Phoenix, AZ

We're tracking 198 other active welding openings in Phoenix, AZ right now, from 122 different employers. 37 of them were added in the last week. Across Arizona as a whole we're tracking 479 other active welding openings from 243 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 28 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 Sundt Construction (28), Welding Shop in Phoenix, AZ (20), and EZARC (16). 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 Tempe at $32/hr, Phoenix at $30/hr, and Surprise at $30/hr. Phoenix is among them.

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