Welder

Location

Boise, ID

Wage

$21/hr

Employment Type

Full-time

Required Skills & Certifications

TIG WeldingAPI
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Posted on October 20, 2026

Job Description

Overview

Join our team as a Welder and help build high-quality, industry-leading products. In this role, you'll use your welding skills, attention to detail, and commitment to safety to fabricate and assemble structural components that keep our customers moving.

Responsibilities

  • Interpret layout drawings, welding diagrams, and work orders to plan daily tasks
  • Set up equipment and prepare work area for welding operations
  • Lay out, position, align, and fit components in jigs/fixtures
  • Tack, weld, and assemble components using flat, horizontal, vertical, and overhead techniques
  • Inspect welds for bead size, quality, and accuracy; perform pressure tests
  • Grind, chip, or smooth welds to meet specifications
  • Use tools such as chop saws, plasma cutters, torches, and belt sanders
  • Repair and rework metal components—including straightening, reshaping, dismantling, and reassembling
  • Maintain regular and reliable attendance
  • Ability to pass the Multiquip Welder Certification test within 3 months of hire
  • Strong welding skills with experience in multiple welding positions
  • Familiarity with fabrication tools and equipment
  • Commitment to safety, quality, and teamwork

Requirements

  • Safely operate forklifts (stand-up and sit-down), power buggies, hoists, and scissor lifts
  • Maintain a safe work environment and follow all safety procedures
  • Regularly required to stand and walk; frequently use hands and arms
  • Occasionally stoop, kneel, or crouch
  • Ability to lift/move up to 50 lbs regularly
  • Able to stand for up to 10 hours in a fast-paced manufacturing environment
  • Visual abilities include close, peripheral, and depth perception
  • Exposure to weld gas, cleaners, spatter spray, and other chemicals
  • Loud work environment—hearing protection required

Benefits

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

Additional Information

  • Full-Time • Hourly • On-Site • Swing Shift (3:00pm–1:30am Monday to Thursday, Overtime on Friday as needed) - Will train on Day Shift
  • Starting at $21.00 / hour plus $2.00/hour shift bonus
  • Employment is subject to pre-employment physical, drug-screening and background investigation
  • E-Verify is used to verify a candidates' legal right to work in the U.S.

Benefits

PTO
Health Insurance
Dental
Vision
401k

How this job compares in Boise, ID

Pay in context

At roughly $21/hr, this posting comes in about 22% below the $27/hr median for welding jobs across Idaho, where the middle half runs $23–$35/hr across 32 postings with published pay. Put another way, it pays more than about 19% of the comparable postings we have wage data for. That gap is worth raising directly — in a market this size there is normally room to negotiate toward the median, particularly if you already hold the certifications the posting asks for.

The local market in Boise, ID

Boise, ID currently has 9 other active welding openings besides this one, spread across 9 employers. 5 of them were added in the last week. Across Idaho as a whole we're tracking 47 other active welding openings from 40 employers. That's enough local activity to be worth comparing two or three offers before committing. Browse every welding job in Boise, or widen the search to Idaho.

The most active employers in Idaho at the moment, by number of open welding reqs, are MasTec Industrial, a MasTec Company (2), Phoenix Industrial, Inc., a MasTec Company (2), and Jobot (2). Volume like that usually means either a genuine expansion or a staffing agency working several client sites — worth knowing which before you apply.

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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