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Job Description

Overview

Capitol Engineering is an established and expanding custom fabrication company delivering high quality engineered & fabricated steel products to a wide variety of industries including mining, agriculture, and general industrial applications. They are currently looking to add multiple welders & fitters to their team.

Responsibilities

  • Welders and fitters across structural, pipe, and tank specialties.
  • Read and weld to a Welding Procedure Specification (WPS).
  • Pass Capitol's hands-on weld test for placement.
  • Take the 6G qualification test within the first 90 days.

Requirements

  • 3-5+ years of structural steel fabrication experience for structural track.
  • 6G GTAW (TIG) on pipe for pipe track.
  • 3-5+ years of welding experience in tank, plate or heavy fabrication for tank track.
  • Ability to read blueprints, shop drawings, piping isometrics and AWS weld symbols.
  • Comfortable with grinders, torches, a tape and a square.
  • Own hood and basic hand tools; required PPE worn at all times.
  • Valid government-issued ID and legal authorization to work in the U.S.
  • Ability to pass a pre-employment drug screen and background check.

Benefits

  • Sign-on bonus
  • Competitive wages based on tested level
  • Quarterly bonuses
  • PTO
  • Health Insurance
  • Dental
  • Vision
  • 401k

Additional Information

  • This is a safety-sensitive position.
  • Lift and carry at least 50 lbs.
  • Stand for long periods; kneel, crouch and climb ladders.
  • Work inside tanks and other tight or confined spaces.
  • Shop conditions include heat, noise, welding fumes, and sparks.
  • PPE includes FR clothing, safety-toe boots, eye/face protection, hearing protection and gloves.
  • Overtime as projects require.

Benefits

Sign-on bonus
Competitive wages based on tested level
Quarterly bonuses
PTO
Health Insurance
Dental
Vision
401k
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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 $31/hr in our index, with the middle half of them falling between $25–$39/hr across 96 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 208 other active welding openings in Phoenix, AZ right now, from 127 different employers. 52 of them were added in the last week. Across Arizona as a whole we're tracking 505 other active welding openings from 253 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 (27), 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 Chandler at $36/hr, Tempe at $32/hr, and Phoenix at $31/hr. Phoenix is among them.

What you'll be running

This posting calls for TIG. TIG (GTAW) uses a non-consumable tungsten electrode with filler added by hand, giving the operator the most control of any process. It is slow, demanding, and the standard for stainless, aluminum, and anything where the bead has to look as good as it holds.

See all pipe welder openings if you want to compare this against similar roles.

Certifications this posting mentions

  • 6G — a pipe test welded on a joint fixed at a 45-degree incline. Because the torch has to travel through flat, vertical, and overhead angles in a single pass, passing 6G qualifies you for every position on pipe — which is why it is the ticket that separates pipe welders from plate welders on pay.

Read straight from this posting's text. Confirm the exact qualification the employer wants before you test — requirements vary by shop even under the same code.

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