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Overview

At OTC, being a Welder means more than providing support—it's about growing, earning, and building your future. This position offers an hourly wage of $31.00/hr., depending on experience and qualifications.

Responsibilities

  • Read basic shop sketches, drawings and blueprints.
  • Interpret difficult isometric drawings and blueprints accurately.
  • Layout and fit up components per drawings and specifications with minimal supervision.
  • Pipe fit-up and fabrication of simple and complex systems.
  • Weld with all sizes of wire and electrodes.
  • Set up and operate electric and engine-driven welding equipment.
  • Operate oxygen acetylene cutting equipment.
  • Operate hand-held plasma-cutting equipment.
  • Operate rigging equipment and perform simple to complex rigging operations small and large.
  • Identify different filler materials and uses.
  • Maintain a safe and clean work environment, complying with company and industry safety regulations.

Requirements

  • 3-5 years of fabrication skills with structural and pipe shapes required.
  • MSHA certification is a plus.
  • Stick, MIG and TIG welding experience required.
  • 6G qualifications preferred and must be proficient in acquiring D1.1 certification upon hire.
  • Experience with overhead cranes operation is a plus.
  • Experience with the use of mobile cranes and crane signaling is a plus.
  • Ability to work in environments with extreme temperatures, toxic chemicals, and loud noise.
  • Considerable physical activity required, including heavy lifting up to 50 pounds.
  • Detail-oriented, safety-conscious, dependable, and able to follow written and verbal instructions.
  • Ability to work effectively as part of a team in a repair shop environment.

Benefits

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

Benefits

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

Pay in context

At roughly $31/hr, this posting lands within a few percent of the $30/hr median for welding jobs across Arizona, whose middle half runs $24–$37/hr across 186 postings with published pay. Put another way, it pays more than about 55% of the comparable postings we have wage data for. In other words it is a market-rate offer, so benefits, overtime, and shift schedule are where the real difference between this and the next posting on the list shows up.

The local market in Kingman, AZ

This is the only active welding job we're currently tracking in Kingman, AZ, which makes it worth moving on quickly — there is no local competing offer to weigh it against. Across Arizona as a whole we're tracking 491 other active welding openings from 268 employers. Browse welding jobs across Arizona.

OTC Industrial Technologies currently has 1 other opening 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 (14). 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. If you can relocate or commute, that spread is worth factoring in.

What you'll be running

This posting calls for MIG and TIG 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.

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.
  • 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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