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Job Description

Overview

Aerotek is hiring Weld Specialists, MIG Welders, and Production Welders for a fast-paced manufacturing environment in Redmond, WA. This role is suitable for individuals with MIG welding experience who are looking for steady work, overtime opportunities, and long-term career growth.

Responsibilities

  • Perform MIG welding on steel components and weldments
  • Load and unload parts into welding fixtures and workstations
  • Read and interpret blueprints, drawings, and welding symbols
  • Verify weld size, length, and quality to meet specifications
  • Set up and operate welding equipment safely and efficiently
  • Inspect completed weldments using measurements and quality standards
  • Arrange and fit parts according to drawings, fixtures, and layouts
  • Support production goals while maintaining safety and quality requirements

Requirements

  • At least 1 year of MIG welding experience or technical welding school training
  • Ability to pass a welding skills assessment
  • Ability to read blueprints and follow welding specifications
  • Mechanical aptitude and strong attention to detail
  • Ability to lift up to 40 lbs regularly
  • Comfortable working in a production manufacturing environment

Benefits

  • Health Insurance
  • Dental
  • Vision
  • 401k
  • PTO

Additional Information

  • This is a Contract position based out of Redmond, WA
  • Full-Time schedule with overtime available
  • 12-Month Contract duration
  • Position based in a manufacturing and warehouse environment
  • Safety is a top priority, and all required welding PPE is provided except steel-toe boots

Benefits

Health Insurance
Dental
Vision
401k
PTO
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How this job compares in Kirkland, WA

Pay in context

At roughly $27/hr, this posting lands within a few percent of the $30/hr median for welding jobs across Washington, whose middle half runs $28–$34/hr across 86 postings with published pay. Put another way, it pays more than about 21% 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 Kirkland, WA

Kirkland, WA is a small market in our index: 1 other active welding opening alongside this one, from 1 employer. Across Washington as a whole we're tracking 106 other active welding openings from 68 employers. With this few local postings, most welders here end up either commuting or looking at travel work. Browse welding jobs across Washington.

Aerotek currently has 4 other openings live in Washington, which is usually a sign of either steady growth or steady turnover — worth asking which in the interview.

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.

What you'll be running

This posting calls for MIG. 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.

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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. ENTRY LEVEL WELDERS START ASAP figures were last recalculated when this page was built.