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Overview

Join Sundt, one of Arizona's leading builders, and be part of a high-profile industrial project with long-term opportunities for skilled craftsmen. This position offers a pay rate of $22.00/hr plus hourly fringe benefits, with the chance to work with an experienced team.

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.
  • Use effective math skills to add, subtract, multiply, and divide.
  • Eliminate waste such as waiting, rework, transporting, material storage, and time.
  • Ask a supervisor before continuing if unsure about any aspect of the work or safe 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 all tasks and methods.
  • Maintain positive working relationships with all crew members.
  • Produce high-quality work safely and productively at all times.
  • Provide feedback to ensure all materials, tools, equipment, and information are available for the work.

Requirements

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

Benefits

  • 401k
  • Health Insurance
  • PTO

Additional Information

  • Work 40+ hours per week with overtime opportunities.
  • Must pass a pre-employment drug screening.
  • Must have reliable transportation.
  • Ability to wear personal protective equipment is required.
  • Work may involve reaching, stooping, kneeling, or bending.
  • Must be able to comply with all safety standards and procedures.
  • Work up to a 12-hour shift doing hard physical work 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 $22/hr, this posting comes in about 31% below the $32/hr median for welding jobs in Phoenix, AZ, where the middle half runs $25–$35/hr across 79 postings with published pay. Put another way, it pays more than about 5% of the comparable postings we have wage data for. That gap is worth raising directly — in a market this size there is normally room to negotiate toward the median, particularly if you already hold the certifications the posting asks for.

The local market in Phoenix, AZ

We're tracking 218 other active welding openings in Phoenix, AZ right now, from 141 different employers. 84 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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