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Job Description

Overview

The Welder and Yard Maintenance position involves performing welding for maintenance and repair of feedlot pens, gates, rails, and other equipment. The role requires effective communication with management to identify necessary repairs and ensure the operation of welding equipment.

Responsibilities

  • Identify and prioritize necessary repairs through communication with management and review of job requests.
  • Utilize cutting torch, wire feed welder, and arc welder to repair gates, pipe fence, and other equipment.
  • Ensure operation of welding truck by performing routine service and scheduling maintenance and repair.
  • Maintain work area by putting away tools, removing scrap metal, cleaning, and storing equipment.
  • Inventory tools and other welding supplies by physically counting tools supplied in shop and welding truck regularly.
  • Participate in yard construction, renovation, and replacement projects.
  • Comply with all applicable safety rules and policies.

Requirements

  • Experience using cutting torch, wire feed welder, and MIG/Arc welding techniques.
  • Ability to read and interpret documents such as safety rules, operating and maintenance instructions, and procedure manuals.
  • Ability to interpret a variety of instructions furnished in written, oral, diagram, or schedule form.
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How this job compares in Malta, ID

Pay in context

This employer didn't publish a rate. For reference, welding jobs across Idaho currently run a median of $30/hr in our index, with the middle half of them falling between $24–$39/hr across 14 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 Malta, ID

This is the only active welding job we're currently tracking in Malta, ID, which makes it worth moving on quickly — there is no local competing offer to weigh it against. Across Idaho as a whole we're tracking 22 other active welding openings from 19 employers. Browse welding jobs across Idaho.

The most active employers in Idaho at the moment, by number of open welding reqs, are MasTec Industrial, a MasTec Company (2), Mission Critical Group (2), and The Contractor Consultants (2). Volume like that usually means either a genuine expansion or a staffing agency working several client sites — worth knowing which before you apply.

What you'll be running

This posting calls for MIG. 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.

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