Job Description

Overview

The Pipefitter Journeyperson is responsible for planning, laying out, and performing various pipe fitting and fabrication tasks while adhering to industry standards. Sundt is a 100% employee-owned contractor that emphasizes a culture of ownership and investment in work.

Responsibilities

  • Seek opportunities to share knowledge and teach others.
  • Eliminate waste such as waiting, rework, transporting, material storage, and time.
  • Inspect subordinates' work for accuracy and compliance with plans and specifications.
  • Look for opportunities for improvement in all tasks and methods.
  • Maintain positive working relationships with all crew members.
  • Possess effective verbal and written communication skills.
  • Produce high quality work safely and productively.
  • Provide feedback to ensure availability of materials, tools, equipment, and information.

Requirements

  • Must be able to read and understand drawings, specifications, safety and quality standards.
  • Must have a minimum of three to six plus years of experience in the industrial/commercial construction industry.
  • Must have an in-depth understanding of the pipefitter trade.
  • Possess effective verbal and written communication skills.

Benefits

  • 401k
  • Health Insurance
  • PTO

Additional Information

  • Ability to wear personal protective equipment is required.
  • May reach above shoulder heights and below the waist frequently.
  • Must be able to comply with all safety standards and procedures.
  • Work up to a 12 hour shift in varying temperatures and outside conditions.

Benefits

401k
Health Insurance
PTO

How this job compares in Phoenix, AZ

Pay in context

This employer didn't publish a rate. For reference, welding jobs in Phoenix, AZ currently run a median of $29/hr in our index, with the middle half of them falling between $23–$39/hr across 75 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 Phoenix, AZ

We're tracking 166 other active welding openings in Phoenix, AZ right now, from 91 different employers. 12 of them were added in the last week. Across Arizona as a whole we're tracking 394 other active welding openings from 181 employers. A metro this active generally means you have real leverage — employers here are competing for the same welders. Browse every welding job in Phoenix, or widen the search to Arizona.

Sundt Construction currently has 28 other openings live in Arizona, which is usually a sign of either steady growth or steady turnover — worth asking which in the interview.

The most active employers in Arizona at the moment, by number of open welding reqs, are Sundt Construction (28), Welding Shop in Phoenix, AZ (22), and EZARC (16). Volume like that usually means either a genuine expansion or a staffing agency working several client sites — worth knowing which before you apply.

Within Arizona, the best-paying metros we track by median hourly rate are Tolleson at $38/hr, Tempe at $32/hr, and Phoenix at $29/hr. Phoenix is among them.

Similar openings near Phoenix, AZ

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