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Overview

Wheeler Machinery Co. is currently seeking a full-time Welder to join our team at our Salt Lake City, UT location. In this role, you will be responsible for welding and fabricating a variety of metals, ranging from sheet metal to heavy plate, while maintaining a strong focus on safety and collaborating as part of a team.

Responsibilities

  • Demonstrate and work safely in all aspects of the job.
  • Be a safety champion within the team and lead safe behaviors.
  • Locate specs from sis.
  • Order parts.
  • Write service reports.
  • Perform precision measuring.

Requirements

  • Collaborate with the manager and team leader to solve problems.
  • Read blueprints and identify markings.
  • Perform horizontal and vertical welding with 1/16 100 series wire.
  • Read inside and outside micrometers.
  • Set up and weld series of bores.
  • Fabricate from prints and weld projects.
  • Be a self-starter.
  • Be willing to put in extra hours to take care of the customer.
  • Be a team player and work well with others.
  • Perform tasks without constant supervision.
  • Maintain a safety mindset.
  • Overtime may be required.
  • Have a resolve for problems when they arise.

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How this job compares in Salt Lake City, UT

Pay in context

This employer didn't publish a rate. For reference, welding jobs across Utah currently run a median of $26/hr in our index, with the middle half of them falling between $23–$29/hr across 33 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 Salt Lake City, UT

We're tracking 13 other active welding openings in Salt Lake City, UT right now, from 10 different employers. 5 of them were added in the last week. Across Utah as a whole we're tracking 66 other active welding openings from 59 employers. A metro this active generally means you have real leverage — employers here are competing for the same welders. Browse every welding job in Salt Lake City, 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 Precision Castparts (2). Volume like that usually means either a genuine expansion or a staffing agency working several client sites — worth knowing which before you apply.

Within Utah, the best-paying metros we track by median hourly rate are West Jordan at $27/hr and Salt Lake City at $25/hr. Salt Lake City is among them.

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