Welder /Installer /Erector
Location
Caldwell, ID
Wage
$24 – $26/hr
Employment Type
Full-time
Required Skills & Certifications
MIG WeldingSteel
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Posted on September 29, 2026
Job Description
Overview
Looking for experienced Steel Installers who are proficient MIG Welders. The job involves installing various steel items and requires experience with construction site gridlines and elevations.
Responsibilities
- Install all forms of steel items including columns, beams, guardrails, wall mount rails, canopies, and stairs.
- Work from and find construction site's gridlines and elevations for correct installation.
Requirements
- Must be 21+ years of age.
- Proficient in MIG welding.
- Experience with steel installation is preferred.
- Class-A CDL is a plus but not required.
Benefits
- 401k
- Health Insurance
- Dental
- Vision
- PTO
Additional Information
- Crews leave from Caldwell every Monday and travel to Washington, Oregon, or Montana.
- Hotels are paid for.
- $175 per week per diem, $35/day.
- Travel time is paid.
- Overtime is available.
Benefits
401k
Health Insurance
Dental
Vision
PTO
How this job compares in Caldwell, ID
Pay in context
At roughly $25/hr, this posting comes in about 19% below the $31/hr median for welding jobs across Idaho, where the middle half runs $24–$35/hr across 24 postings with published pay. Put another way, it pays more than about 33% 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 Caldwell, ID
Caldwell, ID is a small market in our index: 1 other active welding opening alongside this one, from 1 employer. Across Idaho as a whole we're tracking 36 other active welding openings from 30 employers. With this few local postings, most welders here end up either commuting or looking at travel work. Browse welding jobs across Idaho.
The most active employers in Idaho at the moment, by number of open welding reqs, are MasTec Industrial, a MasTec Company (2), Phoenix Industrial, Inc., a MasTec Company (2), and Jobot (2). Volume like that usually means either a genuine expansion or a staffing agency working several client sites — worth knowing which before you apply.
What you'll be running
This posting calls for MIG. MIG (GMAW) feeds a continuous wire electrode through a shielding-gas nozzle. It lays down metal fast and is forgiving on clean material, which is why it dominates production and light fabrication work.
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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. Welder /Installer /Erector figures were last recalculated when this page was built.