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Overview

The Welder position involves utilizing welding knowledge and skills to weld aluminum and steel materials for the tractor trailer industry, ensuring adherence to quality and safety standards.

Responsibilities

  • Perform daily custom build fit/up build welding assignments according to quality and safety standards.
  • Review and interpret specification documentation and drawings while following verbal instructions.
  • Communicate safety and efficiency concerns regarding product quality to supervisors.
  • Maintain a clean and efficient work area to support a safe environment and manage inventory.
  • Use power hand tools and may operate a hand crane for fitting and fabricating operations.
  • Don and doff required safety equipment based on department duties.
  • Organize and restock parts and materials in the work area.
  • Assist in various areas of assignment as needed, including plumbing, mounting, assembly, and wiring.
  • Obtain proficiency in steel and/or aluminum MIG welding as required.

Requirements

  • Ability to perform essential duties satisfactorily with reasonable accommodations for disabilities.
  • Demonstrate successful completion of the company weld testing process.
  • Ability to learn basic math and measurement functions.
  • Ability to interpret and understand verbal and written communication.
  • Ability to work individually or as part of a team.
  • Ability to increase product knowledge and skill level related to the assignment.
  • Mechanical proficiency is necessary.
  • Preferred experience or knowledge in tractor trailer building or service & repair.
  • Preferred experience in a manufacturing or mechanical related field.

Additional Information

  • Physical demands may require lifting over 50 lbs but less than 100 lbs.
  • May require working from a ladder or heights with fall protection.
  • Exposure to dust and noise associated with industrial environments.

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How this job compares in Portland, OR

Pay in context

At roughly $29/hr, this posting comes in about 14% below the $33/hr median for welding jobs in Portland, OR, where the middle half runs $29–$34/hr across 12 postings with published pay. Put another way, it pays more than about 17% 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 Portland, OR

We're tracking 18 other active welding openings in Portland, OR right now, from 9 different employers. 3 of them were added in the last week. Across Oregon as a whole we're tracking 72 other active welding openings from 48 employers. A metro this active generally means you have real leverage — employers here are competing for the same welders. Browse every welding job in Portland, or widen the search to Oregon.

The most active employers in Oregon at the moment, by number of open welding reqs, are Welding Shop in Portland, OR (11), AAON (3), and Peninsula Iron Works (3). 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. 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.

Similar openings near Portland, OR

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