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Overview

The Ironworker-Welder position in Patagonia, AZ involves planning, laying out, and performing structural steel erection and fabrication work according to industry standards. The role requires collaboration with project supervision and a commitment to safety and quality.

Responsibilities

  • Seek opportunities to share knowledge and teach others.
  • Eliminate waste such as waiting, rework, transporting, material storage, and time.
  • Inspect subordinates' work for accuracy and compliance with plans and specifications.
  • Lift and carry heavy items up to 50 pounds.
  • Look for opportunities for improvement in all tasks and methods.
  • Maintain positive working relationships with all crew members.
  • Produce high-quality work safely and productively.
  • Provide feedback to ensure availability of materials, tools, equipment, and information.

Requirements

  • Ability to read and understand drawings, specifications, safety and quality standards.
  • Minimum of three years (level I), four years (level II), five years (level III), and six plus years (level Sr.) experience in the industrial/commercial construction industry.
  • In-depth understanding of the ironworker trade.
  • Effective verbal and written communication skills.

Benefits

  • 401k
  • Health Insurance
  • PTO

Additional Information

  • Ability to wear personal protective equipment is required.
  • May reach above shoulder heights and below the waist frequently.
  • May stoop, kneel, or bend occasionally.
  • Work up to a 12-hour shift in varying temperatures and outside conditions.

Benefits

401k
Health Insurance
PTO
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How this job compares in Patagonia, AZ

Pay in context

This employer didn't publish a rate. For reference, structural welder jobs across Arizona currently run a median of $36/hr in our index, with the middle half of them falling between $27–$54/hr across 18 postings with published pay. That median is a reasonable floor to anchor on when a recruiter asks what you're looking for.

The local market in Patagonia, AZ

Patagonia, AZ currently has 3 other active welding openings besides this one, spread across 1 employer. None of them were added in the last week, so this is a slower-moving market. Across Arizona as a whole we're tracking 482 other active welding openings from 247 employers. That's enough local activity to be worth comparing two or three offers before committing. Browse every welding job in Patagonia, or widen the search to Arizona.

Sundt Construction currently has 28 other openings live in Arizona, which is usually a sign of either steady growth or steady turnover — worth asking which in the interview.

The most active employers in Arizona at the moment, by number of open welding reqs, are Sundt Construction (28), 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.

Similar openings near Patagonia, AZ

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