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Job Description

Overview

A small team in NW Portland is seeking a welder/fabricator for part-time work, focusing on creative and detailed fabrication with various metals. The company has been in business since 2002 and offers opportunities for learning new techniques.

Responsibilities

  • Perform welding and fabrication tasks with steel, aluminum, copper, bronze, brass, and stainless.
  • Demonstrate creativity and attention to detail in one-off fabrication projects.
  • Learn and apply various fabrication techniques and surface treatments.

Requirements

  • Experience in welding and fabrication.
  • Ability to work with various metals.
  • Flexibility with work hours.

Additional Information

  • Part-time position with approximately 20 hours available per week.
  • Located in a 10,000 sq. ft. space in NW Portland.
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How this job compares in Portland, OR

Pay in context

This employer didn't publish a rate. For reference, welding jobs in Portland, OR currently run a median of $33/hr in our index, with the middle half of them falling between $29–$35/hr across 14 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 Portland, OR

We're tracking 17 other active welding openings in Portland, OR right now, from 10 different employers. 1 of them was added in the last week. Across Oregon as a whole we're tracking 56 other active welding openings from 36 employers. A metro this active generally means you have real leverage — employers here are competing for the same welders. Browse every welding job in Portland, or widen the search to Oregon.

Welding Shop in Portland, OR currently has 10 other openings live in Oregon, which is usually a sign of either steady growth or steady turnover — worth asking which in the interview.

The most active employers in Oregon at the moment, by number of open welding reqs, are Welding Shop in Portland, OR (10), AAON (3), and AAON, Inc. (2). Volume like that usually means either a genuine expansion or a staffing agency working several client sites — worth knowing which before you apply.

Within Oregon, the best-paying metros we track by median hourly rate are Portland at $33/hr and Redmond at $26/hr. Portland is among them.

Similar openings near Portland, OR

Pay figures are medians computed from live postings in the Welding Pros index, not from survey data, and they move as employers post. Creative Business Looking for Welder Fabricator figures were last recalculated when this page was built.