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Job Description

Overview

JD Machine Corp. is hiring an entry-level Sheet Metal Fabricator in Ogden, UT, offering a starting wage of $17/hour with growth opportunities. The company is a family-owned manufacturer of precision machined parts and sheet metal components, focusing on investing in their employees.

Responsibilities

  • Deburr and finish precision sheet metal components
  • Perform weld grinding and basic fabrication tasks
  • Support production by maintaining raw material inventory
  • Read and follow blueprints, work instructions, and specifications
  • Ensure parts meet quality standards before moving forward

Requirements

  • Strong work ethic and reliability
  • Mechanical aptitude and willingness to learn
  • Ability to read basic blueprints (or willingness to learn)
  • Problem-solving mindset
  • Team-oriented attitude
  • Ability to lift 40 lbs repeatedly
  • Good vision (corrected: near 20/20, far 20/30)

Benefits

  • PTO
  • Health Insurance
  • Dental
  • 401k
  • Free Life Insurance
  • Long-Term Disability

Additional Information

  • Day Shift is Monday–Thursday, 6:00 AM – 4:00 PM
  • Enjoy 3-day weekends every week

Benefits

PTO
Health Insurance
Dental
401k
Free Life Insurance
Long-Term Disability
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How this job compares in Ogden, UT

Pay in context

At roughly $17/hr, this posting comes in about 37% below the $27/hr median for welding jobs across Utah, where the middle half runs $24–$35/hr across 23 postings with published pay. Put another way, it pays more than about 0% of the comparable postings we have wage data for. That gap is worth raising directly — in a market this size there is normally room to negotiate toward the median, particularly if you already hold the certifications the posting asks for.

The local market in Ogden, UT

We're tracking 10 other active welding openings in Ogden, UT right now, from 6 different employers. None of them were added in the last week, so this is a slower-moving market. Across Utah as a whole we're tracking 52 other active welding openings from 43 employers. A metro this active generally means you have real leverage — employers here are competing for the same welders. Browse every welding job in Ogden, or widen the search to Utah.

The most active employers in Utah at the moment, by number of open welding reqs, are Complex Fabricators Inc (4), EZARC (2), and Stadler (2). Volume like that usually means either a genuine expansion or a staffing agency working several client sites — worth knowing which before you apply.

Similar openings near Ogden, UT

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 Fabricator figures were last recalculated when this page was built.