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Job Description

Overview

King Marine Canvas is seeking an experienced upholstery fabricator to support their team with an active production schedule. They are a family-owned custom canvas and upholstery shop with over 40 years of experience in the Greater Seattle / Puget Sound area.

Responsibilities

  • Fabrication, assembly, and installation of marine canvas tops, enclosures, covers, and upholstery.
  • Support other team members in the field and at the shop.
  • Organize workflow, prioritize orders, and meet customer needs and production deadlines.

Requirements

  • Professional canvas or upholstery experience is preferred.
  • Attention to detail and precise measurements are required.
  • Ability to use hand tools and operate power tools and light machines.
  • Professional experience with installation and on-site delivery is a plus.
  • Experience with building furniture or reupholstery is a plus.
  • Professional experience with creating custom patterns or templates is a plus.
  • Experience with garment alterations or tailoring is a plus.

Benefits

  • Health Insurance
  • PTO

Additional Information

  • Full-Time position with Monday - Friday, 8-hour shifts and overtime opportunities available.
  • Shop located in Interbay / Magnolia.
  • $500 Retention Bonus after 90 days.

Benefits

Health Insurance
PTO
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How this job compares in Seattle, WA

Pay in context

At roughly $25/hr, this posting comes in about 19% below the $31/hr median for welder fabricator jobs across Washington, where the middle half runs $28–$35/hr across 27 postings with published pay. Put another way, it pays more than about 0% 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 Seattle, WA

We're tracking 12 other active welding openings in Seattle, WA right now, from 11 different employers. None of them were added in the last week, so this is a slower-moving market. Across Washington as a whole we're tracking 86 other active welding openings from 62 employers. A metro this active generally means you have real leverage — employers here are competing for the same welders. Browse every welding job in Seattle, or widen the search to Washington.

King Marine Canvas currently has 2 other openings live in Washington, which is usually a sign of either steady growth or steady turnover — worth asking which in the interview.

The most active employers in Washington at the moment, by number of open welding reqs, are Welding Shop in Seattle, WA (8), 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. Seattle is among them.

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