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Job Description

Overview

Agate Steel is expanding its fabrication operations and seeks detail-oriented candidates who take pride in their finished products. This position is safety-sensitive and requires a drug-free and alcohol-free workplace.

Requirements

  • 3 - 5 years experience in steel fabrication environment
  • Current and demonstrable knowledge of AWS D1.1 and D1.5 welding code
  • Ability to accurately read a tape measure
  • Ability to read and interpret structural blueprints and drawings
  • Accurately maintain quality records in appropriate detail
  • Maintain high standards in job performance

Benefits

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

Additional Information

  • 2nd Shift - $1.50 differential
  • This is a Safety Sensitive Position
  • All employment offers are contingent upon pre-employment drug and alcohol testing

Benefits

Health Insurance
Dental
Vision
Life Insurance
401k
PTO
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How this job compares in Scottsdale, AZ

Pay in context

At roughly $22/hr, this posting comes in about 37% below the $34/hr median for structural welder jobs across Arizona, where the middle half runs $27–$40/hr across 10 postings with published pay. Put another way, it pays more than about 10% 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 Scottsdale, AZ

Scottsdale, AZ currently has 7 other active welding openings besides this one, spread across 7 employers. 3 of them were added in the last week. Across Arizona as a whole we're tracking 513 other active welding openings from 246 employers. That's enough local activity to be worth comparing two or three offers before committing. Browse every welding job in Scottsdale, or widen the search to Arizona.

The most active employers in Arizona at the moment, by number of open welding reqs, are Sundt Construction (31), Welding Shop in Phoenix, AZ (22), and EZARC (15). 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.

Certifications this posting mentions

  • AWS D1.1 — the American Welding Society's Structural Welding Code for steel. It governs almost all building and structural steel work in the US, so a D1.1 qualification is the baseline credential for construction and ironworking.
  • AWS D1.5 — the Bridge Welding Code, jointly published by AWS and AASHTO. It is stricter than D1.1 on fracture toughness and inspection, and is required on most state and federal bridge work.

Read straight from this posting's text. Confirm the exact qualification the employer wants before you test — requirements vary by shop even under the same code.

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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. Quality Control Inspector - Structural Steel figures were last recalculated when this page was built.