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Job Description

Overview

Our Sumner WA shop is looking for a skilled welder/fabricator to perform various welding and fabrication tasks on stone column tooling.

Responsibilities

  • Perform dual shield welding.
  • Conduct plasma and oxy/acetylene cutting.
  • Execute gouging tasks.
  • Weld and fabricate pipes, augers, buckets, and various other welding projects.
  • Operate a 12k telehandler to move tooling in and out of the shop.
  • Travel to perform onsite repairs as needed.

Requirements

  • Must be skilled in welding and fabrication.
  • Must possess a valid driver's license.

Benefits

Additional Information

  • Location: Sumner, WA.
  • Resumes should be sent to the listed email.
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How this job compares in Sumner, WA

Pay in context

At roughly $80/hr, this posting sits about 142% above the $33/hr median for welding jobs across Washington — toward the top of a $28–$40/hr middle band drawn from 72 postings with published pay. Put another way, it pays more than about 100% 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 Sumner, WA

This is the only active welding job we're currently tracking in Sumner, 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 98 other active welding openings from 59 employers. Browse welding jobs across Washington.

Welding Shop in Seattle, WA currently has 16 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 (16), 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.

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