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Job Description

Overview

JCB is seeking a Welder for its new state-of-the-art manufacturing facility in San Antonio, Texas, which will create over 1,500 new jobs. This role offers a unique opportunity to grow a career with a leading global company in the manufacturing industry.

Responsibilities

  • Perform MIG and other welding processes as required
  • Read and interpret blueprints and welding symbols
  • Inspect welds to ensure quality and accuracy
  • Maintain a safe and organized work area
  • Follow all safety and quality procedures

Requirements

  • Welding experience in a manufacturing or fabrication environment
  • Ability to read blueprints and technical drawings
  • Strong attention to detail and commitment to quality
  • Willingness to work in a production environment

Benefits

  • Health Insurance
  • PTO
  • 401k

Additional Information

  • Both office environment and occasionally manufacturing/factory environment
  • Subject to noise and temperature changes
  • Candidates should realistically be available to begin training as early as August of 2026

Benefits

Health Insurance
PTO
401k
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How this job compares in San Antonio, TX

Pay in context

This employer didn't publish a rate. For reference, welding jobs in San Antonio, TX currently run a median of $33/hr in our index, with the middle half of them falling between $27–$38/hr across 8 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 San Antonio, TX

We're tracking 14 other active welding openings in San Antonio, TX right now, from 12 different employers. 1 of them was added in the last week. Across Texas as a whole we're tracking 1,014 other active welding openings from 545 employers. A metro this active generally means you have real leverage — employers here are competing for the same welders. Browse every welding job in San Antonio, or widen the search to Texas.

The most active employers in Texas at the moment, by number of open welding reqs, are Welding Shop in Houston, TX (27), Zachry Group (21), and Welding Shop in Austin, TX (21). Volume like that usually means either a genuine expansion or a staffing agency working several client sites — worth knowing which before you apply.

Within Texas, the best-paying metros we track by median hourly rate are Pasadena at $40/hr, Midlothian at $38/hr, and Dallas at $35/hr. If you can relocate or commute, that spread is worth factoring in.

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.

Similar openings near San Antonio, TX

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