Job Description

Overview

Fisher Industries is a family of businesses involved in aggregate production and heavy civil construction. The Heavy Equipment Welder is responsible for specialized metal fabrication and welding to maintain and repair equipment, reporting directly to the Area Shop Foreman.

Responsibilities

  • Service and maintain field machinery, including removing, cleaning, checking and replacing parts/components.
  • Read, interpret, and follow blueprints, diagrams, engineering drawings, specifications, weld symbols, and other written instructions.
  • Operate calipers, weld gauges, tape measures, and other welding hand tools.
  • Fabricate metal machine parts by bending, cutting, drilling, and tapping.
  • Perform metal identification, test equipment operation, blueprint analysis, and equipment assembly.
  • Conduct quality work checks to ensure products meet quality standards.
  • Rework and repair welded parts and products according to engineering specifications.
  • Adhere to safety and health rules and safe working practices.
  • Build machinery following drafts and blueprints.
  • Perform other duties as assigned.

Requirements

  • High School Diploma or GED.
  • 1+ years of welding/shop experience.
  • Experience in the use of electrical tools and equipment.
  • Ability to operate all types of welding equipment.
  • Read and understand technical oral and written instructions and blueprints.
  • Utilize all required PPE.
  • Communicate clearly and effectively both orally and in writing.
  • Regular and reliable attendance and performance are required.
  • Knowledge of occupational health and safety rules and working practices.
  • Technical capacity, thoroughness, time management, and problem-solving skills.

Additional Information

  • This is a safety-sensitive position.
  • The position is hourly and requires pre-employment and random drug testing.
  • Subject to background check.

How this job compares in Phoenix, AZ

Pay in context

This employer didn't publish a rate. For reference, welding jobs in Phoenix, AZ currently run a median of $32/hr in our index, with the middle half of them falling between $25–$39/hr across 80 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 Phoenix, AZ

We're tracking 199 other active welding openings in Phoenix, AZ right now, from 114 different employers. 62 of them were added in the last week. Across Arizona as a whole we're tracking 458 other active welding openings from 221 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.

The most active employers in Arizona at the moment, by number of open welding reqs, are Sundt Construction (26), EZARC (21), and Welding Shop in Phoenix, AZ (17). 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 Goodyear at $39/hr, Phoenix at $32/hr, and Mesa at $31/hr. Phoenix is among them.

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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. Heavy Equipment Welder figures were last recalculated when this page was built.