Job Description

Overview

The Welder position at Big Tex Mt. Pleasant is crucial for fabricating, assembling, and welding metal components on trailers according to specifications. The role involves ensuring quality standards, supporting a team approach, and maintaining a safe and clean working environment.

Responsibilities

  • Maintain all company Quality requirements and follow company guidelines utilizing a 'Stop and Fix' mindset.
  • Maintain a clean environment and follow company 5S + Safety Standards.
  • Read blueprints and drawings and take or read measurements to plan layout and procedures.
  • Determine the appropriate welding equipment, settings, and methods based on requirements.
  • Set up components for welding according to specifications.
  • Operate angle grinders to prepare the parts that must be welded.
  • Align components using fixtures, tape measure, levels, speed square, etc. and clamp pieces.
  • Weld components using manual or semi-automatic welding equipment in various positions (vertical, horizontal or overhead).
  • Prepare trailers and other components by welding pieces and filling gaps.
  • Test and inspect welded surfaces and structure to discover flaws.
  • Maintain equipment in a condition that does not compromise safety.
  • Assist other welders in the completing of work to ensure work is completed as efficiently as possible.
  • Maintain a safe and clean working environment by complying with procedures, rules, and regulations.

Requirements

  • Must possess the skill set to support a safe working environment.
  • Must pass a drug screen.
  • Must be at least 18 years old.
  • Preferred - High School degree, diploma or a GED equivalent qualification from a certified college.
  • Preferred – 2 to 3 years of Industrial Welding experience.

Benefits

  • Health Insurance
  • Dental
  • Vision
  • 401k
  • PTO

Additional Information

  • Fast paced environment.
  • Ability to lift 50 lbs and work in awkward positions while bending, stooping, kneeling or standing to work overhead for 10 hrs.

Benefits

Health Insurance
Dental
Vision
401k
PTO

How this job compares in Mount Pleasant, TX

Pay in context

This employer didn't publish a rate. For reference, welding jobs across Texas currently run a median of $26/hr in our index, with the middle half of them falling between $22–$34/hr across 341 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 Mount Pleasant, TX

Mount Pleasant, TX currently has 3 other active welding openings besides this one, spread across 3 employers. None of them were added in the last week, so this is a slower-moving market. Across Texas as a whole we're tracking 914 other active welding openings from 519 employers. That's enough local activity to be worth comparing two or three offers before committing. Browse every welding job in Mount Pleasant, or widen the search to Texas.

Big Tex Trailers 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.

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