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Overview

Central Arizona Project (CAP) is seeking a highly-skilled, highly-motivated industrial mechanic for the position of Millwright Heavy Overhaul Mechanic in Phoenix, Arizona. This role involves providing journeyman-level technical expertise in the maintenance and repair of heavy industrial mechanical equipment, ensuring reliable water deliveries to over 6 million people in Arizona.

Responsibilities

  • Perform mechanical duties associated with preventive maintenance, repair, and overhaul of heavy industrial mechanical equipment.
  • Ensure equipment is safe, mechanically sound, and operating efficiently.
  • Travel frequently within the state from Monday to Thursday.

Requirements

  • A driver's license with a good driving record.
  • High school diploma or GED.
  • Three or more years of related journeyman-level experience.
  • Completion of a related state-approved apprenticeship is preferred.
  • Strong working knowledge of hydro-electric generating and pumping systems, hydraulic systems and controls.
  • Ability to troubleshoot and use tools for precision measuring, testing, fabricating, welding, and machinery alignment.
  • Well versed in industrial safety requirements including hazardous energy control protocols.

Benefits

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

Additional Information

  • Reporting location is in Phoenix, Arizona.
  • 4-10 (Mon-Thur) work schedule.
  • No benefits waiting period.
  • Relocation benefits available.
  • Public Student Loan Forgiveness eligible employer.

Benefits

Competitive Salaries
401k
Health Insurance
Dental
Vision
PTO
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How this job compares in Phoenix, AZ

Pay in context

At roughly $53/hr, this posting sits about 76% above the $30/hr median for welding jobs in Phoenix, AZ — toward the top of a $24–$39/hr middle band drawn from 69 postings with published pay. Put another way, it pays more than about 90% of the comparable postings we have wage data for. Pay that far above local median usually comes attached to something: a harder cert requirement, travel, night shift, or overtime that isn't really optional. Worth establishing which before you accept.

The local market in Phoenix, AZ

We're tracking 190 other active welding openings in Phoenix, AZ right now, from 109 different employers. 50 of them were added in the last week. Across Arizona as a whole we're tracking 449 other active welding openings from 213 employers. A metro this active generally means you have real leverage — employers here are competing for the same welders. Browse every welding job in Phoenix, or widen the search to Arizona.

The most active employers in Arizona at the moment, by number of open welding reqs, are Sundt Construction (29), EZARC (18), and Welding Shop in Phoenix, AZ (17). 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 $37/hr, and Phoenix at $30/hr. Phoenix is among them.

Similar openings near Phoenix, AZ

Pay figures are medians computed from live postings in the Welding Pros index, not from survey data, and they move as employers post. Millwright Heavy Overhaul Mechanic figures were last recalculated when this page was built.