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Job Description

Overview

Weinberger Disposal, a Waste Connections company, is seeking to hire a Day Shift Welder in Phoenix, Arizona. The role involves performing repairs and inspections on containers and equipment while ensuring safety and compliance with standards.

Responsibilities

  • Perform repairs and inspections, safety checks, diagnosis and repair containers/dumpsters and other equipment as needed.
  • Help other team members with repairs as needed.
  • Have professional and courteous interactions with drivers when needed.
  • Maintain a clean, safe work area in compliance with corporate and OSHA standards.
  • Perform other miscellaneous job-related duties as assigned.

Requirements

  • Proficiency in a variety of welding techniques (MIG/Stick).
  • Basic tool set.
  • Hydraulic experience is a plus.
  • Aluminum welding preferred.

Benefits

  • 401k
  • Health Insurance
  • Dental
  • Vision
  • Life Insurance
  • Short Term Disability
  • Long Term Disability

Additional Information

  • Hours: 5:00am - 1:30pm
  • Schedule: Monday - Friday
  • Location: Phoenix, Arizona

Benefits

401k
Health Insurance
Dental
Vision
Life Insurance
Short Term Disability
Long Term Disability
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How this job compares in Phoenix, AZ

Pay in context

At roughly $28/hr, this posting comes in about 17% below the $33/hr median for welding jobs in Phoenix, AZ, where the middle half runs $26–$38/hr across 82 postings with published pay. Put another way, it pays more than about 30% 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 212 other active welding openings in Phoenix, AZ right now, from 137 different employers. 66 of them were added in the last week. Across Arizona as a whole we're tracking 484 other active welding openings from 273 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.

The most active employers in Arizona at the moment, by number of open welding reqs, are Sundt Construction (14), Welding Shop in Phoenix, AZ (14), and GTI Fabrication (11). 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 Phoenix at $33/hr. Phoenix is among them.

What you'll be running

This posting calls for MIG. 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.

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