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Overview

The Test & Balance 1st Year Apprentice position at ABM involves working safely in a chemical factory while assisting experienced technicians in a semiconductor facility. The role emphasizes teamwork, accountability, and safety, with a focus on maintaining equipment balance and troubleshooting design issues.

Responsibilities

  • Work safely and follow all protocols to remain safe while working in a chemical factory.
  • Collaborate closely with experienced Testing, Adjusting and Balancing Technicians.
  • Maintain system and equipment balance during new installations and de-installation of old equipment.
  • Troubleshoot issues related to air requirements of process equipment.
  • Work as a team and ensure accountability for safety.
  • Assist in emergencies as needed during evenings and weekends.

Requirements

  • Must be 18 years of age or older.
  • Must be a Sheetmetal Workers Union #359 member or willing to sign up.
  • Must pass a drug screening including THC.
  • Must pass a background check including a criminal history check.
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How this job compares in Tempe, AZ

Pay in context

At roughly $27/hr, this posting comes in about 17% below the $32/hr median for welding jobs in Tempe, AZ, where the middle half runs $30–$52/hr across 12 postings with published pay. Put another way, it pays more than about 17% 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 Tempe, AZ

We're tracking 31 other active welding openings in Tempe, AZ right now, from 24 different employers. 14 of them were added in the last week. Across Arizona as a whole we're tracking 505 other active welding openings from 254 employers. A metro this active generally means you have real leverage — employers here are competing for the same welders. Browse every welding job in Tempe, or widen the search to Arizona.

ABM Industries 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 (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. Tempe 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. Test & Balance 1st Year Apprentice figures were last recalculated when this page was built.