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Job Description

Overview

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

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 quality concerns to supervisors/managers.
  • Maintain a clean and efficient work area to ensure a safe environment and manage inventory.
  • Use power hand tools and may operate hand cranes for fitting and fabricating operations.
  • Don and doff required safety equipment based on department and duties.
  • Organize and restock parts and materials in the work area.
  • Assist in various areas as needed, including plumbing, mounting, assembly, and wiring.
  • May be required to obtain proficiency in steel and/or aluminum MIG welding.

Requirements

  • Ability to perform each essential duty satisfactorily.
  • Ability to complete 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.
  • Mechanical proficiency is necessary.
  • Experience or knowledge in tractor trailer building or service & repair is preferred.
  • Experience in manufacturing or mechanical related field is preferred.
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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.

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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. Welder figures were last recalculated when this page was built.