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Job Description

Overview

Aerotek is hiring welders and fitters for a steel shop in Spokane. The role involves performing Flux Core Dual Shield welding on structural steel components.

Responsibilities

  • Perform Flux Core Dual Shield welding on structural steel.
  • Run a high volume of fillet welds on steel I-beams, columns, and other structural parts.
  • Work from blueprints.
  • Handle materials as required.

Requirements

  • Previous Flux Core or Hardwire welding experience is required.
  • At least 1 year of welding experience.

Benefits

Additional Information

  • This is a shop/production welding job - no welding on job sites.
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How this job compares in Liberty Park, WA

Pay in context

At roughly $24/hr, this posting comes in about 29% below the $33/hr median for welding jobs across Washington, where the middle half runs $28–$40/hr across 73 postings with published pay. Put another way, it pays more than about 3% 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 Liberty Park, WA

This is the only active welding job we're currently tracking in Liberty Park, 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 99 other active welding openings from 60 employers. Browse welding jobs across Washington.

Aerotek currently has 1 other opening 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 (17), Loenbro (6), and Parker Hannifin (3). 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, Seattle at $30/hr, and Redmond at $28/hr. If you can relocate or commute, that spread is worth factoring in.

What you'll be running

This posting calls for Flux-Core. 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.

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