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Overview

We are looking for a Machinist at our facility by the Mesa Gateway Airport to support heavy mining equipment. Komatsu is a world leader in manufacturing construction, mining, forestry, and industrial heavy equipment, committed to quality, reliability, innovation, and excellence.

Responsibilities

  • Polishing and grinding.
  • Boring and milling.
  • Set up and operate large vertical turret lathes.
  • Set up and operate large radial drill.
  • Set up and operate manual milling machines.
  • Set up and operate portable line boring bar equipment.
  • Set up and operate surface grinders and polisher.
  • Perform safety inspection of all shop equipment prior to operations.
  • Keeps track of jobs as they are assigned.
  • Fills out work scope reports documenting all measurements prior and after machine work.
  • Keeps a safe and clean work environment.
  • Weld components, parts and any other items needed in the repair of various components.
  • Tig, Mig, Stick, Sub-arc welding as required.

Requirements

  • Must be trained in the operational process of manual lathe.
  • Good understanding of the repair of large components.
  • Working knowledge of different types of metals, their uses and repair procedures.
  • Must be proficient in use of a Micrometer and measuring precisely with calipers.
  • Good organizational skills.
  • Basic shop math.

Additional Information

  • Onsite position.
  • Work hours are currently Monday - Friday, 6:00 am - 4:30 pm, which could shift to a Tuesday - Friday shift at a later date.
  • Location: Mesa, Arizona, USA, 85210-6105.
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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 42 different employers. 16 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 Mesa, or widen the search to Arizona.

Komatsu currently has 4 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. Mesa is among them.

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.

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Pay figures are medians computed from live postings in the Welding Pros index, not from survey data, and they move as employers post. Machinist figures were last recalculated when this page was built.