Tank Welder
Location
Abilene, TX
Employment Type
Full-time
Posted on August 1, 2026
Location
Abilene, TX
Employment Type
Full-time
Posted on August 1, 2026
Mission Critical Group (MCG) is an end-to-end power solutions provider that delivers scalable infrastructure for mission critical environments. The Welder position involves fabricating large fuel tanks and requires adherence to safety standards while performing welding tasks.
This employer didn't publish a rate. For reference, welding jobs across Texas currently run a median of $27/hr in our index, with the middle half of them falling between $22–$35/hr across 415 postings with published pay. That median is a reasonable floor to anchor on when a recruiter asks what you're looking for.
Abilene, TX currently has 4 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 1,233 other active welding openings from 689 employers. That's enough local activity to be worth comparing two or three offers before committing. Browse every welding job in Abilene, or widen the search to Texas.
Mission Critical Group 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 Zachry Group (21), Welding Shop in Houston, TX (21), and Optimized Process Designs LLC (13). 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, Midlothian at $38/hr, and Dallas at $35/hr. If you can relocate or commute, that spread is worth factoring in.
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.
Pay figures are medians computed from live postings in the Welding Pros index, not from survey data, and they move as employers post. Tank Welder figures were last recalculated when this page was built.