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Overview

WM is committed to creating opportunities for employees and their families, emphasizing a sustainable tomorrow and a people-first approach. The Swing Shift Welder position involves fabricating and repairing compactors, containers, and carts under general supervision.

Responsibilities

  • Applies appropriate welds to fabricate or repair compactors, containers, and carts.
  • Performs minor repairs and applies basic welding processes.
  • Conducts preventive maintenance inspections and repairs of electrical and hydraulic systems on compactors.
  • Qualified in various welding processes including arc welding, gas welding, aluminum welding, brazing, and soft soldering.
  • Conducts safety checks on compactors and containers.
  • Completes paperwork using fleet maintenance software for repairs and parts usage.
  • Assists senior welders in project work.
  • Performs service calls for compactor repair.
  • Engages in related work such as flame cutting, bending, forming, beveling, and notching of metal and plastic parts.
  • Maintains a clean, safe work area in compliance with Corporate / OSHA Standards.

Requirements

  • 2 years of previous experience in welding.
  • Experience with MIG welding.
  • Successful completion of a weld test.
  • Plasma Torch Welding experience is a plus.

Benefits

  • Health Insurance
  • Dental
  • Vision
  • 401k

Additional Information

  • Swing Shift, Start time at 3:30 pm - 2:00 am.
  • This role is designated as safety sensitive and requires compliance with safety rules and protocols.

Benefits

Health Insurance
Dental
Vision
401k
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How this job compares in Portland, OR

Pay in context

At roughly $33/hr, this posting lands within a few percent of the $34/hr median for welding jobs in Portland, OR, whose middle half runs $29–$39/hr across 14 postings with published pay. Put another way, it pays more than about 43% 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 Portland, OR

We're tracking 23 other active welding openings in Portland, OR right now, from 14 different employers. 7 of them were added in the last week. Across Oregon as a whole we're tracking 56 other active welding openings from 38 employers. A metro this active generally means you have real leverage — employers here are competing for the same welders. Browse every welding job in Portland, or widen the search to Oregon.

WM currently has 1 other opening live in Oregon, which is usually a sign of either steady growth or steady turnover — worth asking which in the interview.

The most active employers in Oregon at the moment, by number of open welding reqs, are Welding Shop in Portland, OR (8), AAON (3), and Skyline Sheet Metal, Inc (3). Volume like that usually means either a genuine expansion or a staffing agency working several client sites — worth knowing which before you apply.

Within Oregon, the best-paying metros we track by median hourly rate are Portland at $34/hr and Redmond at $26/hr. Portland is among them.

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