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Job Description

Overview

Nucor Skyline is seeking qualified applicants for the Welder position, which is a vital part of the facility’s production team. Nucor is North America's largest steel and steel products manufacturer, known for its innovative sustainability practices and vibrant culture built on personal connections and teamwork.

Responsibilities

  • Welding structural steel parts as specified by drawings or prints.
  • Safely producing quality products in a timely manner.
  • Maintaining housekeeping standards.
  • Obtaining and maintaining all required welding certifications.
  • Willingness to work any shift.

Requirements

  • High school diploma or GED.
  • Welding certification from a college, technical, or trade school or at least two years of welding experience in an industrial environment.

Benefits

  • Health Insurance
  • Dental
  • Vision
  • Disability Insurance
  • 401k
  • Profit sharing
  • Pay-for-performance bonuses
  • Paid parental leave
  • Tuition reimbursement
  • Stock program
  • Scholarships

Additional Information

  • Candidates may be required to pass a site-specific weld test as part of the interview process.
  • Successful candidates must pass a background check, fitness for duty exam, and drug screen.
  • Availability to work weekends and holidays as operating conditions require is essential.

Benefits

Health Insurance
Dental
Vision
Disability Insurance
401k
Profit sharing
Pay-for-performance bonuses
Paid parental leave
Tuition reimbursement
Stock program
Scholarships
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How this job compares in Longview, WA

Pay in context

At roughly $23/hr, this posting comes in about 30% below the $33/hr median for welding jobs across Washington, where the middle half runs $28–$41/hr across 70 postings with published pay. Put another way, it pays more than about 1% 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 Longview, WA

This is the only active welding job we're currently tracking in Longview, WA, which makes it worth moving on quickly — there is no local competing offer to weigh it against. Across Washington as a whole we're tracking 95 other active welding openings from 57 employers. Browse welding jobs across Washington.

The most active employers in Washington at the moment, by number of open welding reqs, are Welding Shop in Seattle, WA (15), Loenbro (6), 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.

Similar openings near Longview, WA

Pay figures are medians computed from live postings in the Welding Pros index, not from survey data, and they move as employers post. Welder figures were last recalculated when this page was built.