Utility Piping Specialist (Utilities Distribution)
Location
Tempe, AZ
Wage
$23.73/hr
Employment Type
Full-time
Posted on November 5, 2026
Location
Tempe, AZ
Wage
$23.73/hr
Employment Type
Full-time
Posted on November 5, 2026
The Utility Piping Specialist position at Arizona State University (ASU) involves leading the installation, modification, and repair of plumbing and utility piping systems, primarily focusing on steam infrastructure. This role requires skilled craftsmanship and the ability to work across various campus locations.
At roughly $24/hr, this posting comes in about 39% below the $39/hr median for welding jobs in Tempe, AZ, where the middle half runs $32–$42/hr across 16 postings with published pay. Put another way, it pays more than about 6% 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.
We're tracking 27 other active welding openings in Tempe, AZ right now, from 18 different employers. 3 of them were added in the last week. Across Arizona as a whole we're tracking 467 other active welding openings from 221 employers. A metro this active generally means you have real leverage — employers here are competing for the same welders. Browse every welding job in Tempe, or widen the search to Arizona.
Arizona State University 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 (29), Welding Shop in Phoenix, AZ (19), and EZARC (18). 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 Goodyear at $51/hr, Tempe at $39/hr, and Tolleson at $38/hr. Tempe is among them.
Pay figures are medians computed from live postings in the Welding Pros index, not from survey data, and they move as employers post. Utility Piping Specialist (Utilities Distribution) figures were last recalculated when this page was built.