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Job Description

Overview

Join a growing structural steel fabrication team in Spokane, WA, offering competitive pay and long-term career growth. We are looking for skilled Welders/Fitters experienced in FCAW welding, fabrication, fitting, and blueprint reading.

Responsibilities

  • Weld and fabricate structural steel components
  • Fit and assemble parts
  • Perform flux-core welding
  • Read blueprints
  • Ensure high-quality production standards

Requirements

  • Experience with welding, fitting, and fabrication
  • Knowledge of structural steel
  • Ability to interpret blueprints
  • FCAW/Flux Core welding experience preferred

Benefits

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

Additional Information

  • Contract to Hire position
  • Located in Spokane, WA
  • Up to 60 hours/week available
  • $3.50/hr shift differential
  • Fully onsite position

Benefits

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

Pay in context

At roughly $27/hr, this posting comes in about 10% 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 17% 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 Spokane, WA

Spokane, WA is a small market in our index: 2 other active welding openings alongside this one, from 2 employers. 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 Flux-Core. 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.

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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. IMMEDIATE HIRING $22-$32/HR - Welder/Fitter figures were last recalculated when this page was built.