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Overview

This temporary position involves setting up, operating, and tending welding machines for metal products and components. The role requires reading blueprints and inspecting completed work to ensure quality and conformance to specifications.

Responsibilities

  • Set up, operate, or tend welding machines that join or bond components to fabricate metal products or assemblies.
  • Load or feed work pieces into welding machines to join or bond components.
  • Give directions to other workers regarding machine set-up and use.
  • Correct problems by adjusting controls or by stopping machines and opening holding devices.
  • Inspect, measure, or test completed metal work pieces to ensure conformance to specifications.
  • Record operational information on specified production reports.
  • Perform basic MIG welding of galvanized steel.
  • Interpret blueprints, work orders, or production schedules to determine product or job instructions or specifications.
  • Assemble, align, and clamp work pieces into holding fixtures to bond, heat-treat, or solder fabricated metal components.
  • Implement universal standards and specs to meet building codes and legal requirements.
  • Use precision measuring tools to inspect grooves and angles.
  • Conduct tests to check weld quality, including hydrostatic, x-ray, and dimension tolerance.
  • Perform other duties as assigned by supervision.

Requirements

  • High school diploma or GED certificate and/or industrial experience.
  • Ability to read blueprints and perform basic math.
  • Prior experience with MIG welding and processes.
  • Familiar with grinding and cutting equipment.

Additional Information

  • Working conditions are normal for a manufacturing environment.
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How this job compares in Houston, TX

Pay in context

This employer didn't publish a rate. For reference, welding jobs in Houston, TX currently run a median of $25/hr in our index, with the middle half of them falling between $22–$32/hr across 60 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 Houston, TX

We're tracking 209 other active welding openings in Houston, TX right now, from 123 different employers. 9 of them were added in the last week. Across Texas as a whole we're tracking 914 other active welding openings from 519 employers. A metro this active generally means you have real leverage — employers here are competing for the same welders. Browse every welding job in Houston, or widen the search to Texas.

ASSA ABLOY Group currently has 2 other openings live in Texas, which is usually a sign of either steady growth or steady turnover — worth asking which in the interview.

The most active employers in Texas at the moment, by number of open welding reqs, are Welding Shop in Houston, TX (21), Zachry Group (20), and Austin Industries (20). 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 $82/hr, Dallas at $35/hr, and La Porte 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. 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/3rd (Temp) figures were last recalculated when this page was built.