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Overview

The Welder performs welding tasks, learns new project blueprints, and is responsible for fitting and welding projects as instructed. The position requires expanding welding knowledge and skills over time.

Responsibilities

  • Analyze blueprints and verify dimensions.
  • Build projects without direct supervision.
  • Ensure accuracy of finished parts by comparing them to main samples.
  • Request Supervisor/QA verification of all dimensions prior to final welding.
  • Learn to weld Carbon & Aluminum and all types of MIG Wire.
  • Weld parts in various directions: flat, horizontal, vertical, or overhead.
  • Heat, form, and cut metal pieces using welding equipment and hand tools.
  • Set up and shut down welding equipment.
  • Arrange and verify welding parts/material needed as per blueprint.
  • Assemble and tack-weld components using appropriate equipment.
  • Use straightedges and rulers to arrange and align parts.
  • Utilize grinders and other hand tools to prepare finished products for paint.
  • Maintain a smooth process of fitting, burning, and welding.
  • Set welding machine variables including drive roll tensions and gas flow.
  • Practice good welding habits including startup and shutdown of machines.
  • Communicate effectively and demonstrate good listening skills.
  • Perform general cleaning in the work area.
  • Obey safety standards and follow regulations.

Requirements

  • Minimum of 6 months experience in a shop/production environment.
  • 1 to 3 years welding related experience and/or training or equivalent.
  • Ability to read tape measure and use tools like grinders, drills, and screw guns.
  • Ability to read blueprints.
  • Must pass a drug screen and background check.
  • High School diploma or equivalent.

Additional Information

  • May stand for long periods of up to 12 hours.
  • Must be able to lift up to 50 lbs repetitively.
  • Work in various adverse conditions such as tight spaces and extreme temperatures.

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How this job compares in Clearfield, 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 37 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 Clearfield, UT

Clearfield, UT is a small market in our index: 1 other active welding opening alongside this one, from 1 employer. Across Utah as a whole we're tracking 70 other active welding openings from 60 employers. With this few local postings, most welders here end up either commuting or looking at travel work. Browse welding jobs across Utah.

The most active employers in Utah at the moment, by number of open welding reqs, are Complex Fabricators Inc (4), Spherion (4), and EZARC (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, Ogden at $26/hr, and Salt Lake City at $25/hr. If you can relocate or commute, that spread is worth factoring in.

What you'll be running

This posting calls for MIG and TIG work. 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. 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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