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Overview

High Plains Steel Services is seeking a skilled Fitter/Welder who takes pride in their craft and thrives in a hands-on environment. The role involves accurately fitting and welding structural and miscellaneous steel assemblies while ensuring safety and quality standards are met.

Responsibilities

  • Interpret blueprints and align steel components.
  • Perform GMAW and FCAW welding to specifications.
  • Ensure all assemblies meet AWS D1.1 and AISC standards.
  • Conduct pre-shift checks and follow all safety protocols.
  • Collaborate with Foremen and Inspectors to maintain production.
  • Use Tekla EPM GO software for tool maintenance and workspace organization.
  • Adapt to working in shop, yard, and outdoor environments in all weather conditions.

Requirements

  • Experience in structural and steel fabrication.
  • Proficiency in GMAW and FCAW welding techniques.
  • Knowledge of AWS D1.1 welding code and AISC Steel Construction standards.
  • Ability to pass a 3G Welding Certification.
  • Ability to operate Tekla EPM GO software (preferred).
  • Strong physical ability to lift up to 60 lbs and perform strenuous tasks.
  • A team-first attitude and a willingness to learn.

Benefits

  • Health Insurance
  • Dental
  • Vision
  • 401k
  • PTO

Additional Information

  • Work involves climbing, bending, sitting, standing, crouching, and heavy lifting.
  • Tasks will be performed in a noisy and dirty environment due to materials and machinery.
  • Work is required in all types of weather conditions.

Benefits

Health Insurance
Dental
Vision
401k
PTO
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How this job compares in Windsor, CO

Pay in context

At roughly $30/hr, this posting lands within a few percent of the $28/hr median for welding jobs across Colorado, whose middle half runs $24–$34/hr across 71 postings with published pay. Put another way, it pays more than about 61% 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 Windsor, CO

This is the only active welding job we're currently tracking in Windsor, CO, which makes it worth moving on quickly — there is no local competing offer to weigh it against. Across Colorado as a whole we're tracking 91 other active welding openings from 58 employers. Browse welding jobs across 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 MIG and Flux-Core work. MIG (GMAW) feeds a continuous wire electrode through a shielding-gas nozzle. It lays down metal fast and is forgiving on clean material, which is why it dominates production and light fabrication work. Flux-cored (FCAW) runs a hollow wire filled with flux, combining MIG-like deposition rates with the outdoor tolerance of stick. It is the workhorse on heavy structural steel and shipbuilding, where thick sections and long welds reward speed.

Certifications this posting mentions

  • AWS D1.1 — the American Welding Society's Structural Welding Code for steel. It governs almost all building and structural steel work in the US, so a D1.1 qualification is the baseline credential for construction and ironworking.
  • 3G / 4G — plate position tests — 3G is welded vertically, 4G overhead. Together they demonstrate you can hold a puddle against gravity, and they are the common entry qualifications for structural and production shops.

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.

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