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Job Description

Overview

Looking for a welder for a short-term project next week, with the possibility of more work in the future. The job involves welding with a gasless-flux-cored wire and requires specific safety equipment.

Responsibilities

  • Weld 1/2" solid square pickets to 1.5" tubing.
  • Perform flat and overhead welding inside a building.

Requirements

  • Must have welding hood, hard hat, safety goggles, gloves, knee pads, and a respirator (optional).
  • Basic English speaking skills required.

Additional Information

  • Work schedule is from 8:00 a.m. to 4:30 p.m.
  • Job duration is for 4 days (10.5-10.8) with potential for more in the future.
  • This position is classified as a 1099 form.
  • Need to provide SS#.
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How this job compares in Denver, CO

Pay in context

At roughly $40/hr, this posting sits about 18% above the $34/hr median for welding jobs in Denver, CO — toward the top of a $23–$43/hr middle band drawn from 10 postings with published pay. Put another way, it pays more than about 70% of the comparable postings we have wage data for. Pay that far above local median usually comes attached to something: a harder cert requirement, travel, night shift, or overtime that isn't really optional. Worth establishing which before you accept.

The local market in Denver, CO

We're tracking 14 other active welding openings in Denver, CO right now, from 8 different employers. 4 of them were added in the last week. Across Colorado as a whole we're tracking 78 other active welding openings from 53 employers. A metro this active generally means you have real leverage — employers here are competing for the same welders. Browse every welding job in Denver, or widen the search to Colorado.

Welding Shop in Denver, CO currently has 7 other openings live in Colorado, which is usually a sign of either steady growth or steady turnover — worth asking which in the interview.

The most active employers in Colorado at the moment, by number of open welding reqs, are RK Industries (7), Welding Shop in Denver, CO (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. Denver is among them.

What you'll be running

This posting calls for Flux-Core. Flux-cored (FCAW) runs a hollow wire filled with flux, combining MIG-like deposition rates with the outdoor tolerance of stick. It is the workhorse on heavy structural steel and shipbuilding, where thick sections and long welds reward speed.

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