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HW Metal Products Inc

Experienced Welder/Fitters (Day & Swing Shift)

Location

Tualatin, OR

Wage

$27 – $125/hr

Employment Type

Full-time

Required Skills & Certifications

MIG Welding
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Posted on October 13, 2026

Job Description

Overview

HW Metal Products Inc. is seeking experienced MIG welders for Day & Swing Shift positions, offering a 4 /10's work schedule. The company provides competitive pay and benefits after the probation period.

Requirements

  • 5 years welding and fitting production experience
  • Ability to read and understand blueprints, weld symbols, and tolerances
  • Ability to understand and adhere to HW's Quality control procedures
  • Overhead Crane and forklift experience
  • Great work ethic and attendance habits
  • Ability to work independently and in a team environment
  • Ability to work a 10 hour shift and overtime if needed

Additional Information

  • Day shift - 5:00 am to 3:00 pm
  • Swing shift - 3:00 pm to 1:00 am
  • Swing shift pay differential is $1.50 per hour
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How this job compares in Tualatin, OR

Pay in context

At roughly $76/hr, this posting sits about 153% above the $30/hr median for welding jobs across Oregon — toward the top of a $26–$35/hr middle band drawn from 39 postings with published pay. Put another way, it pays more than about 100% 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 Tualatin, OR

Tualatin, OR is a small market in our index: 2 other active welding openings alongside this one, from 1 employer. Across Oregon as a whole we're tracking 60 other active welding openings from 38 employers. With this few local postings, most welders here end up either commuting or looking at travel work. Browse welding jobs across Oregon.

The most active employers in Oregon at the moment, by number of open welding reqs, are Welding Shop in Portland, OR (10), 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 $33/hr and Redmond at $26/hr. If you can relocate or commute, that spread is worth factoring in.

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. Experienced Welder/Fitters (Day & Swing Shift) figures were last recalculated when this page was built.