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Job Description

Overview

The Production Worker position involves performing repetitive workstation or line assembly operations to mass-produce sheet metal components and assemble them into completed products. The role requires operating machinery and performing related duties as needed.

Responsibilities

  • Performs assembly-type functions using hand and/or power tools.
  • Operates press brake to form flat sheets.
  • Operates automatic fastening machines and devices.
  • Operates both stationary and moving overhead cranes.
  • Operates forklift as required.
  • Other duties may be assigned.

Requirements

  • Experience operating a forklift preferred.
  • 1-year general work production/manufacturing experience preferred.
  • Ability to perform assembly type functions using hand and/or power tools.
  • Ability to pass background check and drug screen.
  • High School Diploma or GED.
  • Ability to write and read routine reports or job orders.
  • Ability to understand job instructions.
  • Ability to add, subtract, multiply and divide in all units of measure.
  • Ability to interpret, understand, and carry out instructions.

Benefits

  • 401k
  • Health Insurance
  • PTO

Additional Information

  • Attendance is required Monday through Friday within normal business hours.
  • Employee may be required to work overtime.

Benefits

401k
Health Insurance
PTO
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How this job compares in Phoenix, AZ

Pay in context

At roughly $22/hr, this posting comes in about 28% below the $30/hr median for welding jobs in Phoenix, AZ, where the middle half runs $25–$37/hr across 87 postings with published pay. Put another way, it pays more than about 6% 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 Phoenix, AZ

We're tracking 202 other active welding openings in Phoenix, AZ right now, from 130 different employers. 47 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 Phoenix, 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. Phoenix is among them.

Similar openings near Phoenix, AZ

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