Job Description

Overview

At CF&I Steel, L.P., we are seeking a Welder to join our Maintenance team in Pueblo, Colorado. The role involves providing support in welding and fabrication while ensuring safety and efficiency in all tasks.

Responsibilities

  • Read prints, plan work, procedures and techniques.
  • Obtain and move materials, tools, and equipment.
  • Operate all equipment needed to complete the job.
  • Direct others in conditioning and preparation.
  • Observe lockout procedures.
  • Perform routine maintenance and assist Maintenance personnel.
  • Obtain and maintain OSHA 10 and equipment certifications as required.
  • Complete additional tasks as assigned.

Requirements

  • Associate Degree in welding or completion of a welding apprenticeship.
  • Minimum 1 year experience in fabrication and welding; structural experience and certification preferred.
  • Valid Colorado driver's license.
  • Competent in manipulating numbers, quantities, shapes, and spaces; able to take precise measurements and calculate necessary dimensions.
  • Self-starter with the ability to work with minimal supervision and manage multiple tasks.
  • Excellent interpersonal communication skills and ability to collaborate effectively with all levels of personnel.
  • Physical ability to perform various movements and exert forces up to 100 pounds.

Benefits

  • Competitive wages and bonus opportunities.
  • Health Insurance.
  • Short and long term disability programs.
  • 401k.
  • Flexible Spending and Health Savings Accounts.
  • Employer-provided and Voluntary Life Insurance options.
  • PTO.
  • Apprenticeship and career advancement within the company.
  • Tuition reimbursement.
  • Wellness program.

Additional Information

  • Location: Pueblo, Colorado.
  • Open & Closing Dates: 8/1/2025 – 3/1/2026.

Benefits

Competitive wages and bonus opportunities.
Health Insurance.
Short and long term disability programs.
401k.
Flexible Spending and Health Savings Accounts.
Employer-provided and Voluntary Life Insurance options.
PTO.
Apprenticeship and career advancement within the company.
Tuition reimbursement.
Wellness program.

How this job compares in Pueblo, CO

Pay in context

At roughly $30/hr, this posting lands within a few percent of the $30/hr median for welding jobs across Colorado, whose middle half runs $25–$39/hr across 67 postings with published pay. Put another way, it pays more than about 46% 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 Pueblo, CO

Pueblo, CO currently has 3 other active welding openings besides this one, spread across 2 employers. None of them were added in the last week, so this is a slower-moving market. Across Colorado as a whole we're tracking 84 other active welding openings from 48 employers. That's enough local activity to be worth comparing two or three offers before committing. Browse every welding job in Pueblo, or widen the search to Colorado.

The most active employers in Colorado at the moment, by number of open welding reqs, are Welding Shop in Denver, CO (13), RK Industries (6), and Honeywell Technologies (5). Volume like that usually means either a genuine expansion or a staffing agency working several client sites — worth knowing which before you apply.

Within Colorado, the best-paying metros we track by median hourly rate are Denver at $31/hr and Arvada at $30/hr. If you can relocate or commute, that spread is worth factoring in.

Similar openings near Pueblo, CO

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.