Job Description

Overview

At Benchmark, we are driven by our purpose to innovate for a healthier, safer, and better-connected world. As a Welder I, you will utilize your welding knowledge to weld parts and components in various metals, contributing to meaningful projects across multiple sectors.

Responsibilities

  • Perform welding machine operations in a timely and efficient manner.
  • Utilize welding fixtures to facilitate close exacting welding of all types of components, working in accordance with company/customer specifications.
  • Maintain work orders and welding production schedule.
  • Work under supervision on standardized duties and tasks, selecting from written instructions and established procedures.
  • Complete required documents and provide supervisor with accurate daily production data.
  • Maintain tools and equipment in proper working order and perform preventative maintenance.
  • Maintain adequate supplies for the welding area.
  • Maintain a safe, neat, and orderly work environment to produce products at the highest quality level.
  • Maintain the security and confidentiality of customer products and documentation.

Requirements

  • High School Diploma or equivalent.
  • 2+ years of welding experience.
  • Ability to read blueprints and translate them into efficient work instructions.
  • Manual dexterity is required.
  • Ability to handle changing priorities.
  • Good analytical skills and problem-solving ability.
  • Effective communication, both verbal and written.
  • Ability to respond to written and verbal instructions.
  • Ability to work overtime as needed.
  • Ability to read, write, and perform basic math.
  • Participate in a continuous improvement activity.

Additional Information

  • Physical Location: Mesa, AZ.
  • Shift: Shift 1.
  • Work Schedule: Monday-Friday 2:30pm-11:00pm.
  • Full Time.

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 $33/hr in our index, with the middle half of them falling between $25–$35/hr across 21 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 59 other active welding openings in Mesa, AZ right now, from 41 different employers. 17 of them were added in the last week. Across Arizona as a whole we're tracking 500 other active welding openings from 273 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 (20), EZARC (19), and Welding Shop in Phoenix, AZ (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, Mesa at $33/hr, and Phoenix at $30/hr. Mesa is among them.

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. Welder I figures were last recalculated when this page was built.