Job Description

Overview

The Ironworker-Welder Journeyprsn position involves planning, laying out, and performing structural welding and fabrication work according to industry standards. Sundt is a 100% employee-owned contractor focused on building long-term prosperity for clients and employee-owners.

Responsibilities

  • Maintain positive working relationships with all members of the crew.
  • Produce high quality work, safely and productively always.
  • Provide feedback to ensure all materials, tools, equipment, and information is available for the work.
  • Look for opportunities for improvement in all tasks, means and methods regarding the work and be willing to learn from others.
  • Continually seek opportunities to share knowledge and teach others.
  • Inspect subordinates work, ensure accuracy and compliance with plans and specifications, explain deficiencies and take any necessary corrective action.
  • Eliminate waste such as waiting, rework, transporting, material storage and time.

Requirements

  • Must have a minimum of three years’ (level I), four years’ (level II), five years’ (level III) and six plus years’ (level Sr.) experience in the industrial/commercial construction industry.
  • Must pass required weld test(s) for work being performed.
  • Must be able to read and understand drawings, specifications, and safety and quality standards.
  • Possess effective verbal and written communication skills.

Benefits

  • 401k
  • Health Insurance
  • PTO

Additional Information

  • Work up to a 12-hour shift doing hard physical work in varying temperatures and outside conditions.
  • Will climb and maintain balance on steel/wood framework, stairs, ladders, and scaffolds.
  • Will lift, push, or pull objects up to 50lbs on an occasional basis.
  • Required to use hands to grasp, lift, handle, carry or feel objects on a frequent basis.
  • Must be able to comply with all safety standards and procedures.
  • Ability to wear personal protective equipment as required.

Benefits

401k
Health Insurance
PTO

How this job compares in Patagonia, AZ

Pay in context

This employer didn't publish a rate. For reference, structural welder jobs across Arizona currently run a median of $33/hr in our index, with the middle half of them falling between $27–$34/hr across 9 postings with published pay. That median is a reasonable floor to anchor on when a recruiter asks what you're looking for.

The local market in Patagonia, AZ

Patagonia, AZ is a small market in our index: 2 other active welding openings alongside this one, from 2 employers. Across Arizona as a whole we're tracking 509 other active welding openings from 258 employers. With this few local postings, most welders here end up either commuting or looking at travel work. Browse welding jobs across Arizona.

Sundt Construction currently has 28 other openings live in Arizona, which is usually a sign of either steady growth or steady turnover — worth asking which in the interview.

The most active employers in Arizona at the moment, by number of open welding reqs, are Sundt Construction (28), Welding Shop in Phoenix, AZ (20), and EZARC (16). Volume like that usually means either a genuine expansion or a staffing agency working several client sites — worth knowing which before you apply.

Within Arizona, the best-paying metros we track by median hourly rate are Tempe at $32/hr, Phoenix at $30/hr, and Surprise at $30/hr. If you can relocate or commute, that spread is worth factoring in.

Similar openings near Patagonia, AZ

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