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Job Description

Overview

Elwood Staffing has an immediate opening for an experienced welder for a local metal fabrication shop in Loveland, CO.

Responsibilities

  • Welding metal/steel parts together
  • Piecing parts together
  • Grinding and deburring products
  • Getting parts ready for paint

Requirements

  • 1-3 years experience in MIG Welding is required
  • Experience with a cobot is a plus
  • Must be able to read blueprints
  • Must be able to lift at least 50 pounds throughout shift
  • Must be able to pass a weld test
  • Applicant may be subject to a background check
  • Pre-employment drug screen (Excluding THC) is required as a condition of employment

Benefits

  • Health Insurance
  • Dental
  • Vision
  • PTO
  • 401k

Additional Information

  • Temp-to-Hire position
  • Full Time work available
  • Second Shift (Monday through Friday from 02:30pm to 11:00pm)

Benefits

Health Insurance
Dental
Vision
PTO
401k
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How this job compares in Loveland, CO

Pay in context

At roughly $21/hr, this posting comes in about 30% below the $30/hr median for welding jobs across Colorado, where the middle half runs $24–$39/hr across 64 postings with published pay. Put another way, it pays more than about 5% 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 Loveland, CO

Loveland, CO is a small market in our index: 2 other active welding openings alongside this one, from 2 employers. Across Colorado as a whole we're tracking 78 other active welding openings from 52 employers. With this few local postings, most welders here end up either commuting or looking at travel work. Browse welding jobs across Colorado.

The most active employers in Colorado at the moment, by number of open welding reqs, are Welding Shop in Denver, CO (8), RK Industries (7), and Martin Marietta (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 Colorado, the best-paying metros we track by median hourly rate are Louisville at $35/hr, Denver at $34/hr, and Arvada at $27/hr. If you can relocate or commute, that spread is worth factoring in.

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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