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Job Description

Overview

We're hiring experienced Welders/Fitters to join a growing steel fabrication team working on large, custom projects. This role involves building structural steel, platforms, piping systems, and specialty components for industrial and commercial projects.

Responsibilities

  • Fabricating and fitting structural and miscellaneous steel components
  • Welding beams, columns, stairs, platforms, and pipe systems
  • Reading and interpreting blueprints, isometric drawings, and welding symbols
  • Measuring, cutting, grinding, and assembling materials to spec
  • Operating overhead cranes and forklifts safely
  • Working alongside a team to complete custom builds

Requirements

  • 4+ years welding and/or fitting experience
  • Ability to read blueprints, weld symbols, and WPS (Welding Procedure Specifications)
  • Experience with MIG (GMAW) and/or Flux Core (FCAW) welding on structural steel, plate, and pipe
  • D1.1 and WABO GMAW or FCAW certification, minimum 2G position
  • Strong attention to detail and clean weld quality
  • Comfortable working in a fabrication shop environment

Benefits

  • Health Insurance
  • 401k

Benefits

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How this job compares in Otis Orchards, WA

Pay in context

At roughly $29/hr, this posting comes in about 14% below the $33/hr median for welding jobs across Washington, where the middle half runs $28–$39/hr across 72 postings with published pay. Put another way, it pays more than about 31% 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 Otis Orchards, WA

This is the only active welding job we're currently tracking in Otis Orchards, WA, which makes it worth moving on quickly — there is no local competing offer to weigh it against. Across Washington as a whole we're tracking 99 other active welding openings from 60 employers. Browse welding jobs across Washington.

The most active employers in Washington at the moment, by number of open welding reqs, are Welding Shop in Seattle, WA (17), Parker Hannifin (4), and Allegion (3). Volume like that usually means either a genuine expansion or a staffing agency working several client sites — worth knowing which before you apply.

Within Washington, the best-paying metros we track by median hourly rate are Arlington at $55/hr and Seattle at $33/hr. If you can relocate or commute, that spread is worth factoring in.

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 structural welder openings if you want to compare this against similar roles.

Certifications this posting mentions

  • AWS D1.1 — the American Welding Society's Structural Welding Code for steel. It governs almost all building and structural steel work in the US, so a D1.1 qualification is the baseline credential for construction and ironworking.

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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