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Haakon

Fitter/Welder Night Shift

Location

Cheney, WA

Wage

$21.44 – $25/hr

Employment Type

Full-time

Required Skills & Certifications

AWS ANDAWS OR
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Posted on October 20, 2026

Job Description

Overview

Haakon Industries is a manufacturing company focused on creating engineered-to-order products of exceptional quality. The Fitter/Welder position involves building the base and structural foundation of large, custom HVAC units in a hands-on, safety-sensitive environment.

Responsibilities

  • Build base frames and structural components
  • Measure, cut, and assemble materials
  • Use saws, power tools, and fabrication equipment
  • Read measurements and follow build instructions
  • Work with your team to meet daily production goals

Requirements

  • Proven experience using power tools and welding in a work setting
  • Comfortable measuring and working with basic math
  • Reliable and shows up on time
  • Works hard and keeps a steady pace
  • Takes direction well and works as part of a team
  • Some welding experience required

Benefits

  • Health Insurance
  • Dental
  • PTO

Additional Information

  • 4-day work week (Monday–Thursday | 3:45 PM – 1:45 AM)
  • Paid lunch + 5% shift differential
  • Regular lifting up to 25 lbs, occasional up to 50+ lbs
  • Fast-paced, team environment
  • This position requires successful completion of a pre-employment drug screening

Benefits

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

Pay in context

At roughly $23/hr, this posting comes in about 23% below the $30/hr median for welding jobs across Washington, where the middle half runs $28–$34/hr across 86 postings with published pay. Put another way, it pays more than about 3% 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 Cheney, WA

This is the only active welding job we're currently tracking in Cheney, WA, which makes it worth moving on quickly — there is no local competing offer to weigh it against. Across Washington as a whole we're tracking 106 other active welding openings from 67 employers. Browse welding jobs across 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. If you can relocate or commute, that spread is worth factoring in.

Similar openings near Cheney, WA

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