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Overview

The Structural Welder position involves the fabrication and assembly of buildings using steel and other metals, ensuring precision and compliance with industry standards. The role requires reading blueprints, operating welding machines, and performing various shop duties in a fast-paced environment.

Responsibilities

  • Read and interpret specifications and blueprints.
  • Lay out, fit, or connect parts to be welded, calculating production measurements as necessary.
  • Set up and operate welding machines to fabricate metal products or assemblies.
  • Troubleshoot welding equipment problems.
  • Assemble, align, and clamp workpieces into holding fixtures to weld fabricated metal components according to design and specifications.
  • Inspect, measure, or test completed metal workpieces to ensure conformance to specifications using measuring and testing devices.
  • Work with overhead cranes and forklifts.
  • Perform other shop duties such as cutting, assembly, or kitting when needed.
  • Ensure safety, quality, and production processes are followed; use required PPE and safely operate welding machines and tools.
  • Ensure that all cleaning and maintenance schedules are completed and maintained to promote a safe and efficient work environment.
  • Cross train and assist in other shop functions as needed.

Requirements

  • Ability to pass 3g fcaw test.
  • Ability to pass 3g gmaw test.
  • High school diploma or equivalent.
  • Trade school certificate in welding is a plus.
  • Minimum of one year of experience preferred.
  • Ability to lift 50 lbs. frequently and 100 lbs. occasionally.
  • Prolonged, extensive, or considerable standing/walking/sitting.
  • Manual dexterity and mobility.
  • Considerable reaching, stooping, bending, kneeling, crouching.
  • Visual and auditory acuity.

Benefits

  • Health Insurance
  • Dental
  • Vision
  • Life Insurance Fully Covered by the Company
  • 401k
  • PTO

Additional Information

  • Fast paced fabrication shop environment.
  • Physical labor intensive.
  • 3pm - 12am, M-Th.

Benefits

Health Insurance
Dental
Vision
Life Insurance Fully Covered by the Company
401k
PTO
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How this job compares in Fort Collins, CO

Pay in context

At roughly $25/hr, this posting lands within a few percent of the $27/hr median for welding jobs across Colorado, whose middle half runs $24–$35/hr across 53 postings with published pay. Put another way, it pays more than about 40% of the comparable postings we have wage data for. In other words it is a market-rate offer, so benefits, overtime, and shift schedule are where the real difference between this and the next posting on the list shows up.

The local market in Fort Collins, CO

Fort Collins, CO is a small market in our index: 1 other active welding opening alongside this one, from 1 employer. Across Colorado as a whole we're tracking 65 other active welding openings from 46 employers. With this few local postings, most welders here end up either commuting or looking at travel work. Browse welding jobs across Colorado.

The most active employers in Colorado at the moment, by number of open welding reqs, are Welding Shop in Denver, CO (8), RK Industries (5), and Goodwill of Colorado (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 Colorado, the best-paying metros we track by median hourly rate are Denver at $34/hr and Colorado Springs at $24/hr. If you can relocate or commute, that spread is worth factoring in.

What you'll be running

This posting calls for MIG and Flux-Core 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. Flux-cored (FCAW) runs a hollow wire filled with flux, combining MIG-like deposition rates with the outdoor tolerance of stick. It is the workhorse on heavy structural steel and shipbuilding, where thick sections and long welds reward speed.

See all structural welder openings if you want to compare this against similar roles.

Certifications this posting mentions

  • 3G / 4G — plate position tests — 3G is welded vertically, 4G overhead. Together they demonstrate you can hold a puddle against gravity, and they are the common entry qualifications for structural and production shops.

Read straight from this posting's text. Confirm the exact qualification the employer wants before you test — requirements vary by shop even under the same code.

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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. Structural Welder (Swing Shift) figures were last recalculated when this page was built.