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Overview

A Schuff Steel Production Welder is responsible for welding a variety of materials in complex projects across commercial building, bridge, and industrial sectors. This role requires proficiency in various welding techniques and adherence to safety standards.

Responsibilities

  • Follows applicable welding procedures (AWS, AISC)
  • Welds on the ground level, above ground and below ground, in any required position
  • Chips, peens, and grinds material to prepare for welding or finish
  • Welds structural, bridge, and industrial materials such as plates, sheets, girders, tanks, etc.
  • Performs gouging and scarfing as needed
  • Capable of passing welding tests in accordance to AWS D1.1
  • Transports material by a crane as needed and required
  • Keeps work area organized and clean
  • Performs other routine duties per management direction
  • Must adhere to and follow all safety rules and PPE requirements

Requirements

  • High school diploma or general education degree (GED)
  • 12 months of stable work experience
  • Must pass required weld test
  • Ability to read and interpret documents such as safety rules and procedure manuals
  • Ability to add, subtract, multiply and divide in all units of measure
  • Ability to apply common sense understanding to carry out instructions
  • Certificates, Licenses, Registrations: Cert in AWS D1.1 weld test

Benefits

  • Health Insurance

Benefits

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How this job compares in Humble, 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 Humble, TX

Humble, TX currently has 7 other active welding openings besides this one, spread across 2 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 Humble, or widen the search to Texas.

Schuff Steel currently has 6 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.

Certifications this posting mentions

  • AWS D1.1 — the American Welding Society's Structural Welding Code for steel. It governs almost all building and structural steel work in the US, so a D1.1 qualification is the baseline credential for construction and ironworking.

Read straight from this posting's text. Confirm the exact qualification the employer wants before you test — requirements vary by shop even under the same code.

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