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Job Description

Overview

Reinke's Fabrication is looking for an experienced, dependable, and motivated Welder/Fabricator to join their team. The ideal candidate will take pride in their work, show up on time, and work independently in a fast-paced fabrication shop.

Requirements

  • Metal fabrication experience required
  • Welding experience is a plus
  • Ability to read and understand CAD drawings and blueprints
  • Experience operating forklifts
  • Knowledge of shop equipment, including plasma cutters, grinders, and drill presses
  • Ability to complete required paperwork accurately
  • Ability to lift 50+ lbs.
  • Must be a reliable, self-motivated individual with a strong work ethic

Benefits

  • Health Insurance
  • Dental
  • PTO

Additional Information

  • Schedule: Monday–Thursday | 6:00 AM – 4:30 PM
  • Pay: $25.00 - $35.00 per hour
  • Expected hours: 40.0 per week
  • Work Location: In person

Benefits

Health Insurance
Dental
PTO
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How this job compares in Bellingham, WA

Pay in context

At roughly $30/hr, this posting lands within a few percent of the $30/hr median for welding jobs in Bellingham, WA, whose middle half runs $30–$31/hr across 10 postings with published pay. Put another way, it pays more than about 10% 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 Bellingham, WA

We're tracking 10 other active welding openings in Bellingham, WA right now, from 3 different employers. None of them were added in the last week, so this is a slower-moving market. Across Washington as a whole we're tracking 106 other active welding openings from 67 employers. A metro this active generally means you have real leverage — employers here are competing for the same welders. Browse every welding job in Bellingham, or widen the search to Washington.

The most active employers in Washington at the moment, by number of open welding reqs, are Welding Shop in Seattle, WA (12), All American Marine (8), and Parker Hannifin (5). Volume like that usually means either a genuine expansion or a staffing agency working several client sites — worth knowing which before you apply.

Within Washington, the best-paying metros we track by median hourly rate are Seattle at $38/hr, Shelton at $30/hr, and Bellingham at $30/hr. Bellingham is among them.

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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. Welder/Fabricator figures were last recalculated when this page was built.