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Job Description

Overview

Blue Star Welding is a Structural Steel/Welding Repair shop looking to hire a welder to join our team in our repair division.

Responsibilities

  • Perform welding repair and fabrication on heavy equipment, buckets, and attachments.
  • Use general hand and power tools.
  • Grind, cut, and drill as needed.
  • Read prints and take verbal directions.
  • Follow instructions and procedures.
  • Keep the work area clean and organized.
  • Lift up to 50lbs.
  • Work independently when needed, but also collaborate with a team.

Requirements

  • Experience in welding repair and fabrication.
  • Ability to use general hand and power tools.
  • Skills in grinding, cutting, and drilling.
  • Ability to read prints and follow verbal directions.
  • Ability to follow instructions and procedures.
  • Capability to keep the work area clean and organized.
  • Physical ability to lift 50lbs.
  • Ability to work independently and as part of a team.

Benefits

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

Additional Information

  • Full-time position.
  • Expected hours: 40.0 per week.
  • Work Location: In person.

Benefits

401k
Dental
Health Insurance
Health Savings Account
PTO
Vision
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How this job compares in Bellingham, WA

Pay in context

At roughly $30/hr, this posting lands within a few percent of the $32/hr median for welding jobs across Washington, whose middle half runs $28–$36/hr across 72 postings with published pay. Put another way, it pays more than about 32% 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 Bellingham, WA

Bellingham, WA currently has 5 other active welding openings besides this one, spread across 2 employers. 1 of them was added in the last week. Across Washington as a whole we're tracking 89 other active welding openings from 61 employers. That's enough local activity to be worth comparing two or three offers before committing. Browse every welding job in Bellingham, or widen the search to Washington.

The most active employers in Washington at the moment, by number of open welding reqs, are Welding Shop in Seattle, WA (11), Parker Hannifin (4), and All American Marine (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 Washington, the best-paying metros we track by median hourly rate are Seattle at $36/hr, Bremerton at $34/hr, and Bellingham at $30/hr. Bellingham is among them.

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