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Job Description

Overview

We are seeking a skilled Welder to join our ASME Pressure Vessel Manufacturing team at our Pocatello branch. This position offers excellent growth potential and advancement opportunities within our facility.

Requirements

  • Must be able to pass a 3G vertical up weld test using a GMAW process.
  • Preferred experience in Pulse MIG welding, TIG welding, grinding, layout, hand burning, and air arc back gouging.
  • Prior experience working on round vessels is highly preferred.
  • Blueprint reading is helpful but not required.

Benefits

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

Additional Information

  • Location: Pocatello, ID
  • Full-time position with 8-hour shifts, 40 hours per week.
  • All applicants must pass a practical welding test before hiring.
  • Candidates who pass the test will start at $26.00/hr.
  • You must bring your own welding gear (welding hood, welding gloves, and welding jacket/sleeves).
  • Safety glasses and earplugs will be supplied upon your arrival.

Benefits

401k
Health Insurance
Dental
Vision
PTO
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How this job compares in Pocatello, ID

Pay in context

At roughly $26/hr, this posting lands within a few percent of the $27/hr median for welding jobs across Idaho, whose middle half runs $22–$35/hr across 24 postings with published pay. Put another way, it pays more than about 46% of the comparable postings we have wage data for. In other words it is a market-rate offer, so benefits, overtime, and shift schedule are where the real difference between this and the next posting on the list shows up.

The local market in Pocatello, ID

This is the only active welding job we're currently tracking in Pocatello, ID, which makes it worth moving on quickly — there is no local competing offer to weigh it against. Across Idaho as a whole we're tracking 35 other active welding openings from 31 employers. Browse welding jobs across Idaho.

The most active employers in Idaho at the moment, by number of open welding reqs, are MasTec Industrial, a MasTec Company (2), Phoenix Industrial, Inc., a MasTec Company (2), and Lippert (2). Volume like that usually means either a genuine expansion or a staffing agency working several client sites — worth knowing which before you apply.

What you'll be running

This posting calls for MIG and TIG work. MIG (GMAW) feeds a continuous wire electrode through a shielding-gas nozzle. It lays down metal fast and is forgiving on clean material, which is why it dominates production and light fabrication work. TIG (GTAW) uses a non-consumable tungsten electrode with filler added by hand, giving the operator the most control of any process. It is slow, demanding, and the standard for stainless, aluminum, and anything where the bead has to look as good as it holds.

Certifications this posting mentions

  • ASME Section IX — the ASME Boiler and Pressure Vessel Code qualification. It covers welding on pressure-retaining equipment — boilers, vessels, and process piping — where a failed weld is a safety incident rather than a rework ticket.
  • 3G / 4G — plate position tests — 3G is welded vertically, 4G overhead. Together they demonstrate you can hold a puddle against gravity, and they are the common entry qualifications for structural and production shops.

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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