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Job Description

Overview

As a Millwright/Welder, you’ll keep manufacturing equipment safe, reliable, and ready for production by inspecting, maintaining, troubleshooting, and repairing mechanical and electrical systems while completing welding and fabrication work.

Responsibilities

  • Perform industrial maintenance, equipment repair, and preventive maintenance on mechanical, electrical, hydraulic, and pneumatic systems.
  • Diagnose equipment issues using schematics, electrical blueprints, and tools such as voltmeters, ammeters, and ohmmeters.
  • Weld and fabricate components, including using stick welding, and verify work with precision measuring instruments.
  • Troubleshoot programmable logic controllers (PLCs), heating, ventilation, and air conditioning (HVAC) and refrigeration (HVAC/R) equipment, and other industrial systems.
  • Document maintenance activity in a computerized maintenance management system (CMMS); follow safe work practices when using scissor lifts.

Requirements

  • Mechanical knowledge and experience in industrial mechanic, industrial maintenance, manufacturing facility, or as an industrial electrician.
  • Demonstrated welding ability, including stick welding, plus equipment troubleshooting, electrical diagnostics, electrical maintenance, and electrical troubleshooting skills.
  • Ability to read schematics and electrical blueprints; familiarity with electrical systems, hydraulics, pneumatic systems, PLCs, HVAC, and HVAC/R.
  • Comfortable using precision measuring instruments, voltmeters, ammeters, and ohmmeters; strong analysis and engineering troubleshooting skills.
  • English communication and customer service skills are important; technical sales experience is a plus.

Additional Information

  • Work Location: In person
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How this job compares in Oatman, AZ

Pay in context

This employer didn't publish a rate. For reference, welding jobs across Arizona currently run a median of $28/hr in our index, with the middle half of them falling between $24–$36/hr across 159 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 Oatman, AZ

This is the only active welding job we're currently tracking in Oatman, AZ, which makes it worth moving on quickly — there is no local competing offer to weigh it against. Across Arizona as a whole we're tracking 394 other active welding openings from 180 employers. Browse welding jobs across Arizona.

The most active employers in Arizona at the moment, by number of open welding reqs, are Sundt Construction (29), 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. If you can relocate or commute, that spread is worth factoring in.

What you'll be running

This posting calls for Stick. Stick (SMAW) burns a flux-coated consumable rod and needs no shielding gas, so it works in wind, rain, and on dirty or rusted steel. That tolerance for bad conditions keeps it the default for field, structural, and repair work.

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