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Job Description

Overview

The Millwork Fabricator and Assembler position involves assembling door and window frames, cutting and ripping parts as needed, and requires skills in operating various woodworking equipment. The role offers opportunities for advancement and competitive compensation based on experience.

Responsibilities

  • Assemble door and window frames with casings.
  • Cut/rip all parts and assemble frames per product schedules.

Requirements

  • Ability to select/reject materials based on suitability for pre-finish.
  • Ability to operate equipment such as chop saws, table saws, planers/jointers, drills, and sanders.
  • Ability to use pneumatic nail/staple guns.
  • Ability to perform glue and clamp operations.
  • Ability to lift up to 80 pounds.
  • Reliable, with consistent attendance and the ability to perform assigned duties.
  • Ability to work well with others and consistently follow direction of supervisors.
  • Experience in construction or wood industry manufacturing is a plus.

Benefits

  • 401K
  • PTO

Benefits

401K
PTO
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How this job compares in Olympia, WA

Pay in context

At roughly $28/hr, this posting comes in about 14% below the $32/hr median for welder fabricator jobs across Washington, where the middle half runs $30–$38/hr across 28 postings with published pay. Put another way, it pays more than about 14% 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 Olympia, WA

This is the only active welding job we're currently tracking in Olympia, 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 68 employers. Browse welding jobs across Washington.

Welding Shop in Seattle, WA currently has 11 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 (11), 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.

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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. Millwork Fabricator and Assembler figures were last recalculated when this page was built.