Job Description

Overview

IMCOR is seeking a motivated Sheet Metal Shop Apprentice for an entry-level opportunity to learn the sheet metal trade in a shop environment alongside experienced professionals. The role focuses on developing hands-on skills and supporting daily shop production needs.

Responsibilities

  • Assist journeymen and shop team members with sheet metal fabrication and assembly tasks.
  • Help set up, operate, and clean fabrication machines and shop equipment as assigned.
  • Load, unload, move, organize, and stage sheet metal materials, tools, equipment, and supplies.
  • Clean work areas and keep shop materials organized and accessible.
  • Assist with measuring, cutting, shaping, fastening, and assembling sheet metal components.
  • Smooth seams, joints, and edges using files, grinders, or other approved tools.
  • Perform basic shop support tasks such as material handling, cleanup, and preparation of work areas.
  • Learn proper use and care of hand tools, power tools, and shop equipment.
  • Follow safety procedures, company policies, and instructions from shop leadership.
  • Maintain a positive attitude, strong work ethic, and willingness to learn.

Requirements

  • Prior sheet metal, construction, shop, warehouse, or mechanical experience is helpful, but not required.
  • Ability to follow verbal and written instructions.
  • Ability to work accurately and safely in a fast-paced shop environment.
  • Basic ability to use or learn hand tools, power tools, and measuring tools.
  • Strong attendance, dependability, and willingness to work as part of a team.
  • High school diploma or equivalent preferred.

Additional Information

  • Monday through Friday schedule.
  • Day shift with potential for overtime based on business needs.

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 115 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 222 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.

IMCOR - Interstate Mechanical, LLC 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 (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. Sheet Metal Shop Apprentice figures were last recalculated when this page was built.