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Job Description

Overview

Michels Corporation is a family-owned company that engages 8,000 people and 18,000 pieces of heavy equipment to improve America’s infrastructure. As a Welder, you will be responsible for welding metal parts together using MIG and Flux Core welding, contributing to high-impact projects.

Responsibilities

  • Weld metal parts together using MIG and Flux Core welding.
  • Work on original designs and routine project work.

Requirements

  • 2-5 years of welding experience.
  • 2+ years of fabrication experience.
  • Basic computer proficiency.
  • A valid driver license for the type(s) of vehicles you may be driving and an acceptable driving record (desired).

Benefits

  • Health Insurance
  • Dental
  • Life
  • 401k
  • Short Term Disability Insurance
  • Long Term Disability Insurance
  • Legal Plan
  • Identity Theft and Monitoring Plan

Benefits

Health Insurance
Dental
Life
401k
Short Term Disability Insurance
Long Term Disability Insurance
Legal Plan
Identity Theft and Monitoring Plan
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How this job compares in Itasca, TX

Pay in context

This employer didn't publish a rate. For reference, welder fabricator jobs across Texas currently run a median of $22/hr in our index, with the middle half of them falling between $22–$28/hr across 37 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 Itasca, TX

Itasca, TX is a small market in our index: 1 other active welding opening alongside this one, from 1 employer. Across Texas as a whole we're tracking 914 other active welding openings from 519 employers. With this few local postings, most welders here end up either commuting or looking at travel work. Browse welding jobs across Texas.

Michels Corporation currently has 1 other opening 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 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. Flux-cored (FCAW) runs a hollow wire filled with flux, combining MIG-like deposition rates with the outdoor tolerance of stick. It is the workhorse on heavy structural steel and shipbuilding, where thick sections and long welds reward speed.

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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/Fabricator figures were last recalculated when this page was built.