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Overview

SHADE Industries is seeking a skilled, dependable Welder and Fabricator to join our specialized metal fabrication operations serving the Phoenix and Tucson areas. This hands-on position offers consistent year-round work, competitive pay, and comprehensive corporate benefits for a dedicated craftsperson who takes pride in producing strong, clean MIG welds and precise structural assemblies.

Responsibilities

  • Cut, drill, fit, layout, and manufacture custom metal parts following blueprints and technical drawings.
  • Produce and inspect strong, clean MIG welds for durability and specification compliance.
  • Safely operate hand tools, shop machinery, and light to medium-duty company vehicles.
  • Load and unload steel inventory and transport fabrication materials to local vendors.
  • Maintain a safe, organized, and clean shop work environment while adhering to safety standards.

Requirements

  • Prior professional welding and metal fabrication experience required.
  • Proficiency in reading blueprints, interpreting welding symbols, and MIG welding.
  • Ability to stand for long periods, crouch, bend, and lift heavy steel materials.
  • Valid state driver license and clean insurable driving record.
  • Ability to operate light to medium-duty company trucks and pass a DOT physical examination.
  • Energetic, dependable self-starter with a strong work ethic and flexible schedule.

Benefits

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

Additional Information

  • Office-based with local client travel and short out-of-town deployments of 1 to 4 days.
  • Minimum 40 hour workweek, Monday through Friday, with occasional late afternoons and Saturdays.

Benefits

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

Pay in context

At roughly $26/hr, this posting lands within a few percent of the $24/hr median for welder fabricator jobs in Phoenix, AZ, whose middle half runs $23–$34/hr across 11 postings with published pay. Put another way, it pays more than about 64% 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 214 other active welding openings in Phoenix, AZ right now, from 139 different employers. 71 of them were added in the last week. Across Arizona as a whole we're tracking 488 other active welding openings from 276 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.

See all welder fabricator openings if you want to compare this against similar roles.

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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. Welder and Fabricator figures were last recalculated when this page was built.