Job Description

Overview

The Fabrication Technician / Driver is responsible for converting sales orders to products using various machines, adhering to production schedules, ensuring quality, and acting as a Delivery Driver when needed.

Responsibilities

  • Review and interpret written work instructions through fabrication drawings.
  • Receive and process assigned tasks through the work order module via Eclipse.
  • Communicate professionally with customers regarding project requirements.
  • Utilize Monday.com for scheduling and prioritizing tasks.
  • Set up machines for various fabrication processes.
  • Safely operate band saws and other fabrication shop machinery.
  • Accurately cut material to specifications using quality control conventions.
  • Perform assembly to achieve a finished product and move it to designated space.
  • Pull product from inventory for orders and unload delivery trucks.
  • Operate company vehicle safely and courteously.
  • Verify daily preventative maintenance of the vehicle and report problems.
  • Maintain cleanliness and organization of the truck's interior.
  • Comply with DOT and company requirements and standards.
  • Pre-plan deliveries and routes for efficiency.
  • Check delivery paperwork and customer orders for accuracy.
  • Inspect and secure all loads on the truck.
  • Deliver products/orders to specified job sites.
  • Assist warehouse personnel with material handling duties.

Requirements

  • High school diploma or equivalent.
  • Minimum of one-year experience in a similar position preferred.
  • Experience in operating a band saw is preferable.
  • Proficiency in utilizing fabrication equipment.
  • Experience in safely operating a forklift.
  • Good personal communication skills.
  • Understanding of safe warehouse practices.
  • Ability to read and interpret documents in various forms.
  • Ability to deal with problems involving variables in standardized situations.
  • Clean driving record and ability to drive various vehicles.
  • Must be 21 years of age to meet auto insurance requirements.
  • Ability to obtain a DOT medical card.
  • Ability to perform simple shop math and measure material accurately.
  • Ability to interact positively with employees, customers, and vendors.
  • Thorough knowledge of various types of metals and their properties.
  • Good dexterity and physical stamina.

Additional Information

  • Schedule: Monday - Friday 6:30 a.m. - 3:30 p.m.
  • Warehouse & Fabrication environment with temperature exposure of 50-100 degrees.
  • May work in slightly confined spaces and moderate to severe noise levels.
  • All weather driving required.

How this job compares in Glendale, AZ

Pay in context

At roughly $20/hr, this posting comes in about 33% below the $30/hr median for welding jobs across Arizona, where the middle half runs $25–$39/hr across 175 postings with published pay. Put another way, it pays more than about 3% 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 Glendale, AZ

We're tracking 23 other active welding openings in Glendale, AZ right now, from 8 different employers. 6 of them were added in the last week. Across Arizona as a whole we're tracking 467 other active welding openings from 220 employers. A metro this active generally means you have real leverage — employers here are competing for the same welders. Browse every welding job in Glendale, 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), 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, Tolleson at $38/hr, and Tempe at $37/hr. If you can relocate or commute, that spread is worth factoring in.

Similar openings near Glendale, AZ

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