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Job Description

Overview

Elwood Staffing is seeking an experienced Welder to contribute to the future of clean energy. This position offers a comprehensive benefits package and a supportive work environment.

Responsibilities

  • Read and interpret blueprints, drawings, and measurements
  • Set up, align, clamp, and prepare components for welding
  • Perform welding using manual or semi-automatic equipment
  • Weld in various positions, including vertical, horizontal, and overhead
  • Inspect finished welds for quality and accuracy
  • Maintain welding equipment and a safe, organized work area

Requirements

  • Proven welding experience
  • Experience with various welding equipment and techniques
  • High school diploma or GED
  • Proficient in English
  • Ability to work overtime, including weekdays and Saturdays, as needed

Benefits

  • 401k
  • Health Insurance
  • PTO

Additional Information

  • Temp-to-Hire position
  • Full Time work available
  • First Shift (Monday through Thursday from 04:00am to 02:30pm)
  • Applicant may be subject to a background check
  • Pre-employment drug screen is required as a condition of employment

Benefits

401k
Health Insurance
PTO
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How this job compares in Yuma, AZ

Pay in context

At roughly $21/hr, this posting comes in about 30% below the $30/hr median for welding jobs across Arizona, where the middle half runs $25–$37/hr across 146 postings with published pay. Put another way, it pays more than about 10% 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 Yuma, AZ

This is the only active welding job we're currently tracking in Yuma, AZ, which makes it worth moving on quickly — there is no local competing offer to weigh it against. Across Arizona as a whole we're tracking 379 other active welding openings from 186 employers. Browse welding jobs across Arizona.

The most active employers in Arizona at the moment, by number of open welding reqs, are Sundt Construction (25), Welding Shop in Phoenix, AZ (20), and EZARC (19). 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, Mesa at $31/hr, and Phoenix at $30/hr. If you can relocate or commute, that spread is worth factoring in.

Similar openings near Yuma, AZ

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