Machine Operator
Location
Mesa, AZ
Employment Type
Full-time
Posted on October 22, 2026
Location
Mesa, AZ
Employment Type
Full-time
Posted on October 22, 2026
CMC is a Fortune 500® company that offers an excellent opportunity for individuals to learn and grow in the steel, construction reinforcement, and ground stabilization industries. The company emphasizes the importance of its people and provides comprehensive benefits from day one.
This employer didn't publish a rate. For reference, welding jobs in Mesa, AZ currently run a median of $28/hr in our index, with the middle half of them falling between $24–$33/hr across 26 postings with published pay. That median is a reasonable floor to anchor on when a recruiter asks what you're looking for.
We're tracking 51 other active welding openings in Mesa, AZ right now, from 27 different employers. 15 of them were added in the last week. Across Arizona as a whole we're tracking 513 other active welding openings from 247 employers. A metro this active generally means you have real leverage — employers here are competing for the same welders. Browse every welding job in Mesa, or widen the search to Arizona.
CMC currently has 1 other opening live in Arizona, which is usually a sign of either steady growth or steady turnover — worth asking which in the interview.
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.
Pay figures are medians computed from live postings in the Welding Pros index, not from survey data, and they move as employers post. Machine Operator figures were last recalculated when this page was built.