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Overview

ZACHRY/JVIC is seeking an experienced Tack Welder to join their fabrication team at the Pasadena Shop. The Tack Welder will be responsible for welding, fabricating, and assisting pipe fitters in the installation of industrial pipe into piping systems.

Responsibilities

  • Comply with safety and environmental guidelines, policies, and regulations.
  • Identify all tools required for tasks and perform minor maintenance/cleaning of tools.
  • Identify safety risks and the precautions required to eliminate those risks.
  • Set up equipment and weld parts using GTAW.
  • Read and interpret WPS.
  • Clamp, hold, tack-weld, heat-bend, grind, or bolt component parts.
  • Operate 4” angle grinder and small die grinder for grinding pipe and fittings.
  • Perform tests to ensure the quality of the pipe and the piping systems.
  • Hoist loads using slings, chains, shackles, hooks, cables, and other rigging equipment.
  • Report any unsafe conditions to the safety department, supervisor, or management.
  • Report all incidents/accidents/injuries involving the health and wellbeing of any employee to management immediately.

Requirements

  • Must have 1+ years’ experience with Welding.
  • Must have the ability to weld in 2g, 4g, and 6g conditions.
  • Must be able to TIG weld on Pipe.
  • Must be familiar with the GTAW process.
  • Must have current applicable welding certification with Zachry or be able to successfully pass a weld test.
  • Must be able to stand for 10 hours, and squat and bend at the waist as needed throughout the day.
  • Have the ability to lift at least 50lbs.
  • Professional ability to work well with management.
  • Excellent communication and teaming abilities.
  • Attention to detail.
  • Proven work ethic.

Additional Information

  • Employee will be required to adhere to large amounts of standing, walking, bending, squatting and lifting.
  • Must be capable of working outside in the elements including heat, cold, rain, snow, and wind.
  • Must be able to work for long periods of time up to 12 hours a day.
  • Will be required to wear personal protective equipment (PPE) including safety glasses, ear plugs, gloves, and steel-toe boots.
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How this job compares in Pasadena, TX

Pay in context

This employer didn't publish a rate. For reference, welding jobs in Pasadena, TX currently run a median of $36/hr in our index, with the middle half of them falling between $27–$40/hr across 11 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 Pasadena, TX

We're tracking 47 other active welding openings in Pasadena, TX right now, from 24 different employers. 9 of them were added in the last week. Across Texas as a whole we're tracking 1,256 other active welding openings from 562 employers. A metro this active generally means you have real leverage — employers here are competing for the same welders. Browse every welding job in Pasadena, or widen the search to Texas.

Zachry Group currently has 22 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 Austin Industries (34), Welding Shop in Austin, TX (27), and Zachry Group (22). 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 $36/hr, Dallas at $35/hr, and Midlothian at $35/hr. Pasadena is among them.

What you'll be running

This posting calls for TIG. TIG (GTAW) uses a non-consumable tungsten electrode with filler added by hand, giving the operator the most control of any process. It is slow, demanding, and the standard for stainless, aluminum, and anything where the bead has to look as good as it holds.

See all welder fabricator openings if you want to compare this against similar roles.

Certifications this posting mentions

  • 6G — a pipe test welded on a joint fixed at a 45-degree incline. Because the torch has to travel through flat, vertical, and overhead angles in a single pass, passing 6G qualifies you for every position on pipe — which is why it is the ticket that separates pipe welders from plate welders on pay.
  • 3G / 4G — plate position tests — 3G is welded vertically, 4G overhead. Together they demonstrate you can hold a puddle against gravity, and they are the common entry qualifications for structural and production shops.

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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