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Job Description

Overview

We are hiring an experienced Welder/Fitter to join a structural fabrication team in Vancouver, WA. This position will focus on fitting and welding structural steel components for infrastructure projects, including airport-related work.

Responsibilities

  • Fit and weld structural steel components using flux core and dual shield welding processes.
  • Read and interpret blueprints, structural drawings, and fabrication plans.
  • Lay out and fit steel components according to project specifications.
  • Perform work in accordance with AWS D1.1 and D1.5 standards.
  • Work closely with the fabrication team to ensure accurate assembly and high-quality finished products.

Requirements

  • 3+ years of structural welding and/or fitting experience preferred.
  • Experience with flux core and dual shield welding.
  • Ability to read and interpret blueprints and structural drawings.
  • Experience fitting and fabricating structural steel.
  • Familiarity with AWS D1.1 and D1.5 standards.

Benefits

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

Additional Information

  • This position is based in a well-equipped fabrication shop in Vancouver, WA.
  • This is a fully onsite position in VANCOUVER, WA.
  • This is a Contract to Hire position.

Benefits

Health Insurance
Dental
Vision
401k
PTO
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How this job compares in Salmon Creek, WA

Pay in context

At roughly $31/hr, this posting lands within a few percent of the $31/hr median for welding jobs across Washington, whose middle half runs $28–$35/hr across 69 postings with published pay. Put another way, it pays more than about 54% 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 Salmon Creek, WA

This is the only active welding job we're currently tracking in Salmon Creek, WA, which makes it worth moving on quickly — there is no local competing offer to weigh it against. Across Washington as a whole we're tracking 89 other active welding openings from 62 employers. Browse welding jobs across Washington.

The most active employers in Washington at the moment, by number of open welding reqs, are Welding Shop in Seattle, WA (10), Parker Hannifin (5), and Sierra Pacific Industries (4). Volume like that usually means either a genuine expansion or a staffing agency working several client sites — worth knowing which before you apply.

Within Washington, the best-paying metros we track by median hourly rate are Seattle at $35/hr and Bellingham at $31/hr. If you can relocate or commute, that spread is worth factoring in.

What you'll be running

This posting calls for Flux-Core. Flux-cored (FCAW) runs a hollow wire filled with flux, combining MIG-like deposition rates with the outdoor tolerance of stick. It is the workhorse on heavy structural steel and shipbuilding, where thick sections and long welds reward speed.

Certifications this posting mentions

  • AWS D1.1 — the American Welding Society's Structural Welding Code for steel. It governs almost all building and structural steel work in the US, so a D1.1 qualification is the baseline credential for construction and ironworking.
  • AWS D1.5 — the Bridge Welding Code, jointly published by AWS and AASHTO. It is stricter than D1.1 on fracture toughness and inspection, and is required on most state and federal bridge work.

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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