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Job Description

Overview

Tradesmen International is hiring experienced HDPE Welders for projects in the Seattle, WA area. This first shift opportunity offers a pay rate of $30/hour based on experience and skill level, providing a chance to work alongside skilled craftsmen who prioritize safety and quality.

Responsibilities

  • Prepare HDPE pipe by cleaning, cutting, and aligning pipe ends before welding
  • Perform butt fusion, socket fusion, and electrofusion as required
  • Inspect completed welds for uniform beads, cracks, gaps, and other defects
  • Maintain welding equipment, including heating plates, generators, and facing tools
  • Follow OSHA safety requirements and properly use required PPE
  • Perform heavy lifting and other physical tasks associated with HDPE pipe installation

Benefits

  • Tradesmen+ Rewards Program
  • Vacation Pay
  • Health Insurance
  • 401k

Additional Information

  • First shift opportunity
  • Projects located in Seattle, WA

Benefits

Tradesmen+ Rewards Program
Vacation Pay
Health Insurance
401k
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How this job compares in Tukwila, WA

Pay in context

At roughly $30/hr, this posting lands within a few percent of the $32/hr median for welding jobs across Washington, whose middle half runs $30–$38/hr across 64 postings with published pay. Put another way, it pays more than about 28% of the comparable postings we have wage data for. In other words it is a market-rate offer, so benefits, overtime, and shift schedule are where the real difference between this and the next posting on the list shows up.

The local market in Tukwila, WA

This is the only active welding job we're currently tracking in Tukwila, WA, which makes it worth moving on quickly — there is no local competing offer to weigh it against. Across Washington as a whole we're tracking 78 other active welding openings from 44 employers. Browse welding jobs across Washington.

The most active employers in Washington at the moment, by number of open welding reqs, are Welding Shop in Seattle, WA (15), Parker Hannifin (4), and All American Marine (4). Volume like that usually means either a genuine expansion or a staffing agency working several client sites — worth knowing which before you apply.

Within Washington, the best-paying metros we track by median hourly rate are Arlington at $39/hr, Seattle at $36/hr, and Bremerton at $34/hr. If you can relocate or commute, that spread is worth factoring in.

Similar openings near Tukwila, WA

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