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Overview

The Welder position involves performing structural welding using various processes and requires reading blueprints and interpreting weld symbols. The role emphasizes maintaining safety and quality while producing strong, consistent welds.

Responsibilities

  • Perform structural welding using SMAW, FCAW, and GMAW processes in all positions.
  • Read and interpret blueprints, structural drawings, and weld symbols.
  • Lay out, fit, tack, and weld structural steel members.
  • Use cutting equipment including oxy-fuel torches and plasma cutters.
  • Perform grinding, beveling, and weld preparation.
  • Set up, maintain, and safely operate welding machines and related equipment.
  • Inspect welds for quality, accuracy, and compliance with specifications.
  • Repair weld defects and perform weld build-up and restoration work.
  • Install structural steel components and assist with rigging.
  • Work at heights using scaffolding, lifts, and elevated platforms.
  • Maintain clean, safe, and organized work areas.

Requirements

  • Minimum of 5 years of experience in structural or industrial welding.
  • AWS certification preferred (D1.1 or applicable code).
  • Proficient in vertical, horizontal, overhead, and flat welding positions.
  • Ability to pass company and client welding tests.
  • Physically capable of lifting, climbing, and working in confined spaces.

Benefits

  • 401k
  • Health Insurance
  • Dental
  • Vision

Benefits

401k
Health Insurance
Dental
Vision
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How this job compares in Apache Junction, AZ

Pay in context

At roughly $33/hr, this posting sits about 14% above the $29/hr median for welding jobs across Arizona — toward the top of a $24–$39/hr middle band drawn from 177 postings with published pay. Put another way, it pays more than about 57% 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 Apache Junction, AZ

Apache Junction, AZ is a small market in our index: 1 other active welding opening alongside this one, from 1 employer. Across Arizona as a whole we're tracking 482 other active welding openings from 246 employers. With this few local postings, most welders here end up either commuting or looking at travel work. Browse welding jobs across Arizona.

The most active employers in Arizona at the moment, by number of open welding reqs, are Sundt Construction (29), Welding Shop in Phoenix, AZ (17), and EZARC (16). Volume like that usually means either a genuine expansion or a staffing agency working several client sites — worth knowing which before you apply.

Within Arizona, the best-paying metros we track by median hourly rate are Tolleson at $38/hr, Scottsdale at $36/hr, and Tempe at $32/hr. If you can relocate or commute, that spread is worth factoring in.

What you'll be running

This posting calls for MIG, Stick, and Flux-Core work. 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. Stick (SMAW) burns a flux-coated consumable rod and needs no shielding gas, so it works in wind, rain, and on dirty or rusted steel. That tolerance for bad conditions keeps it the default for field, structural, and repair work.

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.

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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