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Overview

Amalgamated Sugar Company is seeking experienced Welders, Pipefitters, and Combination Welder/Pipefitters to join their maintenance team in Nampa, Idaho. This position supports the installation, fabrication, maintenance, troubleshooting, and repair of equipment, facilities, and piping systems throughout a continuous-process manufacturing facility.

Responsibilities

  • Perform MIG, TIG, FCAW, and Stick (SMAW) welding.
  • Must pass a 6G welding test to be employed.
  • Weld carbon steel, stainless steel, and structural steel components.
  • Fabricate equipment, brackets, supports, guards, and maintenance components.
  • Complete repair welding on process equipment and facility infrastructure.
  • Interpret blueprints, shop drawings, and fabrication specifications.
  • Install, fabricate, modify, and repair industrial piping systems.
  • Read and interpret blueprints, schematics, and piping drawings.
  • Lay out, cut, bend, thread, groove, and assemble piping systems.
  • Install and maintain process, steam, water, air, and utility piping.
  • Troubleshoot piping and fluid handling systems.
  • Perform preventative and corrective maintenance activities.
  • Support planned maintenance outages and emergency repairs.
  • Work with mechanics, electricians, engineers, and operations personnel.
  • Maintain accurate work records and complete work orders.
  • Assist with equipment installation and facility improvement projects.
  • Follow all company safety policies and procedures.
  • Comply with Lockout/Tagout, confined space, hot work, and fall protection requirements.
  • Wear required personal protective equipment.
  • Maintain clean and organized work areas.
  • Promote a strong safety culture throughout the facility.

Requirements

  • High School Diploma or GED.
  • Welding certification, Pipefitter apprenticeship, or equivalent industrial maintenance experience.
  • Three years of experience in welding, pipefitting, fabrication, maintenance, construction, manufacturing, or a related skilled trade.
  • Ability to read blueprints, technical drawings, and work instructions.
  • Ability to safely operate hand tools, power tools, and welding equipment.
  • Ability to work overtime, weekends, holidays, and plant shutdowns as needed.

Benefits

  • Health Insurance
  • PTO
  • 401k

Additional Information

  • Full-time year-round employment.
  • Location: Nampa, Idaho.

Benefits

Health Insurance
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How this job compares in Nampa, ID

Pay in context

At roughly $40/hr, this posting sits about 30% above the $31/hr median for welding jobs across Idaho — toward the top of a $26–$39/hr middle band drawn from 17 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 Nampa, ID

Nampa, ID currently has 4 other active welding openings besides this one, spread across 3 employers. None of them were added in the last week, so this is a slower-moving market. Across Idaho as a whole we're tracking 31 other active welding openings from 24 employers. That's enough local activity to be worth comparing two or three offers before committing. Browse every welding job in Nampa, or widen the search to Idaho.

The most active employers in Idaho at the moment, by number of open welding reqs, are Mission Critical Group (3), Exyte (2), and Aerotek (2). Volume like that usually means either a genuine expansion or a staffing agency working several client sites — worth knowing which before you apply.

What you'll be running

This posting calls for MIG, TIG, Stick, and Flux-Core work. 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. TIG (GTAW) uses a non-consumable tungsten electrode with filler added by hand, giving the operator the most control of any process. It is slow, demanding, and the standard for stainless, aluminum, and anything where the bead has to look as good as it holds.

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

Certifications this posting mentions

  • 6G — a pipe test welded on a joint fixed at a 45-degree incline. Because the torch has to travel through flat, vertical, and overhead angles in a single pass, passing 6G qualifies you for every position on pipe — which is why it is the ticket that separates pipe welders from plate welders on pay.

Read straight from this posting's text. Confirm the exact qualification the employer wants before you test — requirements vary by shop even under the same code.

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