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Overview

Our client is a growing process piping fabricator that designs, engineers, and fabricates piping systems for water, power, energy, and industrial infrastructure projects nationwide. As a TIG Welder, you will bring your manual welding skills to produce clean, code-compliant welds on stainless and duplex stainless pipe for critical infrastructure systems.

Responsibilities

  • Hand-weld stainless and duplex stainless pipe using the TIG process.
  • Produce consistent, x-ray-quality welds that pass visual and radiographic inspection.
  • Read and work from piping drawings and fabrication specifications.
  • Keep your station safe, organized, and aligned with shop quality standards.
  • Work alongside the fabrication team to keep jobs moving through the shop on schedule.

Requirements

  • Hands-on experience hand-welding stainless steel pipe with the TIG process; duplex stainless experience is a plus.
  • A track record of producing x-ray-quality, code-compliant welds.
  • Comfort reading piping drawings and specifications.
  • Orbital welding exposure is a plus, not required.
  • A steady, safety-first approach to your work.
  • Must qualify as a U.S. Person and be able to work without visa sponsorship.

Benefits

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

Additional Information

  • Location: Ogden, UT (Onsite)
  • Reports to: Shop Supervisor

Benefits

401k
Health Insurance
Dental
Vision
PTO
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How this job compares in Ogden, UT

Pay in context

At roughly $30/hr, this posting sits about 13% above the $26/hr median for welding jobs across Utah — toward the top of a $23–$30/hr middle band drawn from 23 postings with published pay. Put another way, it pays more than about 74% of the comparable postings we have wage data for. Pay that far above local median usually comes attached to something: a harder cert requirement, travel, night shift, or overtime that isn't really optional. Worth establishing which before you accept.

The local market in Ogden, UT

Ogden, UT currently has 7 other active welding openings besides this one, spread across 5 employers. None of them were added in the last week, so this is a slower-moving market. Across Utah as a whole we're tracking 56 other active welding openings from 48 employers. That's enough local activity to be worth comparing two or three offers before committing. Browse every welding job in Ogden, or widen the search to Utah.

The most active employers in Utah at the moment, by number of open welding reqs, are Dyno Nobel (3), Zachry Group (2), and Precision Castparts (2). Volume like that usually means either a genuine expansion or a staffing agency working several client sites — worth knowing which before you apply.

Within Utah, the best-paying metros we track by median hourly rate are West Jordan at $27/hr and Salt Lake City at $25/hr. If you can relocate or commute, that spread is worth factoring in.

What you'll be running

This posting calls for TIG. TIG (GTAW) uses a non-consumable tungsten electrode with filler added by hand, giving the operator the most control of any process. It is slow, demanding, and the standard for stainless, aluminum, and anything where the bead has to look as good as it holds.

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