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Overview

At All Things Metal Industries, we build steel and foster relationships, offering a supportive and growth-oriented environment. Our Fitter/Welders play a crucial role in our structural steel fabrication and erection team, working hands-on in a fast-paced shop while ensuring high-quality standards in every project.

Responsibilities

  • Layout and fit-up steel components per shop drawings
  • Set up and adjust welding machines/wire feeders for accurate welds
  • Perform welds per AWS D1.1 standards (clean, consistent, and defect-free)
  • Verify fit-up of full penetration welds meets drawings, codes, and quality control requirements
  • Grind, clean, and bevel steel as needed for weld preparation
  • Remove slag, splatter, and defects to maintain clean finishes
  • Maintain and properly store equipment during and after use
  • Read and interpret shop drawings accurately
  • Complete assigned fabrication tasks safely and efficiently

Requirements

  • 3–5 years of experience in structural steel fitting, layout, and welding (Flux Cored Arc Welding required)
  • Ability to read and interpret shop drawings and plans
  • Must pass an in-shop layout/fit-up test (bring hood, gloves, and jacket)
  • Valid identification (background and drug screening required)
  • OSHA 10 or OSHA 30 certification a plus
  • Professional working proficiency in English required
  • MIG welding with solid-core gas-shielded wire (preferred)
  • Experience welding mild steel over 1.5" thick (preferred)

Benefits

  • Health Insurance
  • Dental
  • Vision
  • PTO
  • 401k

Additional Information

  • Schedule: Monday - Friday, 5 am - 3 pm with a 1 hour unpaid lunch
  • Occasional half days on Friday (depending on need and department)

Benefits

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

Pay in context

At roughly $20/hr, this posting comes in about 37% below the $32/hr median for structural welder jobs in Phoenix, AZ, where the middle half runs $27–$34/hr across 10 postings with published pay. Put another way, it pays more than about 0% 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 211 other active welding openings in Phoenix, AZ right now, from 138 different employers. 64 of them were added in the last week. Across Arizona as a whole we're tracking 500 other active welding openings from 274 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.

All Things Metal Industries currently has 6 other openings live in Arizona, which is usually a sign of either steady growth or steady turnover — worth asking which in the interview.

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. Phoenix is among them.

What you'll be running

This posting calls for MIG 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. Flux-cored (FCAW) runs a hollow wire filled with flux, combining MIG-like deposition rates with the outdoor tolerance of stick. It is the workhorse on heavy structural steel and shipbuilding, where thick sections and long welds reward speed.

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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