Job Description

Overview

Sloan Valve Company is an industry leader in water-efficient solutions, with a culture built on innovation and responsibility. The Metal Fabricator I role involves cutting, grinding, and MIG welding materials according to specifications.

Responsibilities

  • Use and operate a variety of hand and power tools.
  • Follow and maintain all established safety standards and procedures.
  • Communicate inventory issues to lead and/or supervisor.
  • Develop and maintain positive working relationships with team members.
  • Identify and suggest safety, quality, productivity, and cost reduction ideas.
  • Cut square tubing, flat stock, and angle iron into correct lengths and dimensions.
  • Use brake press and shear to cut and form stainless steel sheets into doors and panels.
  • Identify minor production issues and communicate them to lead and/or supervisor.
  • Read and interpret production drawings and use fixturing to ensure correct shape.
  • Inspect tools and equipment to ensure they are reliable and in safe working condition.
  • Fabricate and install stainless steel and laminate doors and panels.

Requirements

  • High School Diploma or GED.
  • Less than 1 year of experience in welding/fabrication or a diploma/certificate from a reputable welding training technical school.
  • Basic math skills.
  • Clear, professional, and respectful verbal and written communication.
  • High level of attention to detail and accuracy.
  • Ability to read and interpret documents such as safety rules and standard operating procedures.
  • Ability to safely operate a variety of power tools.
  • Familiarity with common steel and other types of materials.
  • Pass Basic Weld Test.
  • Positive proven attendance, quality, and productivity record.
  • Ability to read and use a tape measure, square, level, and other basic hand tools.

Benefits

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

Additional Information

  • Work Location: Mesa, AZ
  • Non-Exempt position

Benefits

Health Insurance
Dental
Vision
401k
PTO

How this job compares in Mesa, AZ

Pay in context

This employer didn't publish a rate. For reference, welding jobs in Mesa, AZ currently run a median of $29/hr in our index, with the middle half of them falling between $24–$38/hr across 23 postings with published pay. That median is a reasonable floor to anchor on when a recruiter asks what you're looking for.

The local market in Mesa, AZ

We're tracking 52 other active welding openings in Mesa, AZ right now, from 34 different employers. 15 of them were added in the last week. Across Arizona as a whole we're tracking 471 other active welding openings from 255 employers. A metro this active generally means you have real leverage — employers here are competing for the same welders. Browse every welding job in Mesa, or widen the search to Arizona.

The most active employers in Arizona at the moment, by number of open welding reqs, are Sundt Construction (17), Welding Shop in Phoenix, AZ (16), and EZARC (15). Volume like that usually means either a genuine expansion or a staffing agency working several client sites — worth knowing which before you apply.

Within Arizona, the best-paying metros we track by median hourly rate are El Mirage at $38/hr, Phoenix at $30/hr, and Goodyear 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. 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.

See all welder fabricator openings if you want to compare this against similar roles.

Similar openings near Mesa, AZ

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