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Job Description

Overview

Hunter Contracting Co. has been serving Arizona since 1961 and is seeking hardworking, high-energy carpenters to join their team. The company values growth, impact, and a family-like work environment.

Responsibilities

  • Reads and understands blueprints, sketches, building plans, and drawings.
  • Selects specified dimensional lumber or other material.
  • Marks cutting and assembly lines on materials.
  • Verifies trueness of structure goals.
  • Studies blueprints, sketches, or building plans for information pertaining to type of material required.
  • Constructs forms and chutes for pouring concrete.
  • Erects scaffolding and ladders for assembling structures.
  • Loads and unloads lumber and other material as required.
  • Prepares layout using rule, framing square, and calipers.
  • Shapes materials to prescribed measurements using saws, chisels, and planes.
  • Assembles cut and shaped materials and fastens them together with nails, screws, or glue.
  • May weld metal parts to steel structural members.
  • Adheres to all safety policies, procedures, and instructions from management.
  • Performs related duties as assigned.

Requirements

  • Completion of an accredited Carpenter Apprentice Program, OR four (4) + years of prior Carpenter experience.
  • Works within precise standards of accuracy.
  • Rates information using standards that can be measured or checked.
  • Compares and sees differences in the size, shape, and form of lines, figures, and objects.
  • Looks at flat drawings or pictures and understands how they would look as solid objects.
  • Follows oral and written directions, plans, and blueprints.
  • Ability to work without close supervision and adapt to a wide variety of conditions.
  • Takes pride in craftsmanship.
  • Manual dexterity and the ability to solve math problems quickly and accurately.
  • Learns quickly on the job.
  • Has ongoing learning.
  • Approaches work in a meticulous, thorough, and detailed manner.

Benefits

  • Health Insurance
  • Dental
  • Vision
  • 401K
  • Life Insurance
  • Health and Wellness Programs
  • Sick Time
  • Holiday Pay

Benefits

Health Insurance
Dental
Vision
401K
Life Insurance
Health and Wellness Programs
Sick Time
Holiday Pay
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How this job compares in Gilbert, AZ

Pay in context

This employer didn't publish a rate. For reference, welding jobs across Arizona currently run a median of $30/hr in our index, with the middle half of them falling between $25–$37/hr across 189 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 Gilbert, AZ

We're tracking 16 other active welding openings in Gilbert, AZ right now, from 7 different employers. 5 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 Gilbert, 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.

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