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Job Description

Overview

Loenbro, LLC is seeking experienced Rig Welders to join their team in Moses Lake, WA. The role involves planning, laying out, welding, installing, testing, and repairing various types of pipe and tubular products while ensuring compliance with industry standards.

Responsibilities

  • Perform preventative maintenance and repairs on industrial oil refining piping and associated structures.
  • Supervise and train welder helpers.
  • Develop a complete understanding of contract plans and specifications, and plan, lay-out, install, and/or repair all types of piping in accordance with those plans and specifications.
  • Examine and inspect field conditions to identify problems and take corrective actions as needed.
  • Properly choose filler metals and construction materials to complete assignments.
  • Other duties may be assigned as needed to support business operations.

Requirements

  • Minimum of 3 years of welding experience required.
  • Prior welding experience in the construction, mining, or related industry or prefer a two-year vocational-technical degree.
  • Completing a welding qualification is a requirement.
  • Orbital welding training will be provided, but prior orbital welding experience is a plus.
  • Must meet all state license requirements.
  • Accurate and precise attention to detail.
  • Must have working knowledge of local, state, and federal building code regulations regarding piping systems.
  • Must be familiar with properties of metal machining, weld shrinkage, and welding techniques.
  • Must have proficiency in commonly used welding processes, including SMAW, FCAW, and GMAW.
  • OSHA 10 certification.

Benefits

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

Additional Information

  • Potential exposure to extreme cold and hot temperatures.
  • Manufacturing, pipeline, and refining environment.
  • Fit and move in confined spaces including tanks and vessels.
  • Limited working surfaces.
  • Exposure to noise above 85 decibels and intense odors.
  • Exposure to areas with limited visibility.

Benefits

Health Insurance
Dental
Vision
401k
PTO
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How this job compares in Soap Lake, WA

Pay in context

At roughly $43/hr, this posting sits about 29% above the $33/hr median for welding jobs across Washington — toward the top of a $28–$41/hr middle band drawn from 70 postings with published pay. Put another way, it pays more than about 77% 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 Soap Lake, WA

Soap Lake, WA is a small market in our index: 2 other active welding openings alongside this one, from 1 employer. Across Washington as a whole we're tracking 95 other active welding openings from 58 employers. With this few local postings, most welders here end up either commuting or looking at travel work. Browse welding jobs across Washington.

Loenbro currently has 5 other openings live in Washington, which is usually a sign of either steady growth or steady turnover — worth asking which in the interview.

The most active employers in Washington at the moment, by number of open welding reqs, are Welding Shop in Seattle, WA (15), Loenbro (5), and Parker Hannifin (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 Washington, the best-paying metros we track by median hourly rate are Arlington at $55/hr, Redmond at $38/hr, and Seattle at $30/hr. If you can relocate or commute, that spread is worth factoring in.

What you'll be running

This posting calls for MIG, Stick, 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. Stick (SMAW) burns a flux-coated consumable rod and needs no shielding gas, so it works in wind, rain, and on dirty or rusted steel. That tolerance for bad conditions keeps it the default for field, structural, and repair work.

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