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Overview

Our client is seeking an experienced TIG Welder to join its aerospace manufacturing team in Ogden, Utah. This position is responsible for welding complex assemblies and precision components that meet customer specifications and aerospace quality standards.

Responsibilities

  • Perform precision TIG (GTAW) welding on complex aerospace assemblies and components.
  • Set up welding fixtures, tooling, and equipment to support production requirements.
  • Read and interpret blueprints, engineering drawings, work instructions, and manufacturing routers.
  • Weld a variety of metals while maintaining required tolerances and customer specifications.
  • Utilize precision measuring equipment including calipers, micrometers, pi tapes, and gauges to verify finished product.
  • Perform metal finishing operations using pneumatic grinders, hand tools, and other finishing equipment.
  • Complete manufacturing documentation, routers, production records, and labor reporting accurately.
  • Perform visual inspections to ensure weld quality and compliance with engineering requirements.
  • Support assembly operations as needed.
  • Maintain a clean, organized, and safe work area while participating in daily 6S activities.
  • Follow all company safety, quality, and manufacturing procedures.
  • Perform other duties as assigned.

Requirements

  • Minimum 2 years of TIG (GTAW) welding experience in a manufacturing environment.
  • Aerospace, defense, or precision manufacturing experience preferred.
  • Welding certification preferred or the ability to successfully complete a weld qualification test.
  • Strong understanding of TIG welding processes and welding best practices.
  • Experience welding stainless steel, titanium, aluminum, nickel alloys, or other specialty metals preferred.
  • Ability to read and interpret blueprints, engineering drawings, and manufacturing documentation.
  • Experience using precision measuring equipment.
  • Experience operating TIG welding equipment, resistance welders, pneumatic grinders, pedestal grinders, basic hand tools, and overhead cranes.
  • Strong attention to detail and commitment to producing high-quality welds.
  • Ability to work independently and in a team-oriented manufacturing environment.

Additional Information

  • Location: Ogden, UT 84404
  • Pay: $22 - $35/hr, DoE (+ Sign on Bonus)
  • Start Date: ASAP
  • Job Type: Direct, Full-Time
  • Schedule: 1st Shift: 6:30am - 3:30pm Monday-Friday
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How this job compares in Ogden, UT

Pay in context

At roughly $29/hr, this posting sits about 10% above the $26/hr median for welding jobs across Utah — toward the top of a $24–$31/hr middle band drawn from 21 postings with published pay. Put another way, it pays more than about 67% 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 Ogden, UT

We're tracking 13 other active welding openings in Ogden, UT right now, from 8 different employers. 2 of them were added in the last week. Across Utah as a whole we're tracking 51 other active welding openings from 41 employers. A metro this active generally means you have real leverage — employers here are competing for the same welders. Browse every welding job in Ogden, or widen the search to Utah.

The most active employers in Utah at the moment, by number of open welding reqs, are Complex Fabricators Inc (4), EZARC (2), and Stadler (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 TIG. TIG (GTAW) uses a non-consumable tungsten electrode with filler added by hand, giving the operator the most control of any process. It is slow, demanding, and the standard for stainless, aluminum, and anything where the bead has to look as good as it holds.

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