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Overview

The Welding Trainee position involves performing manual and automatic gas tungsten arc welding (GTAW) for the fabrication, assembly, repair, and maintenance of small bore stainless steel tubing and other components. The role requires daily onsite attendance and is part of a company that provides engineered services and products primarily to the offshore energy industry.

Responsibilities

  • Select equipment and plan layout, assembly, and welding.
  • Set up equipment and weld parts using manual and automatic GTAW.
  • Perform welding in accordance with approved welding procedures.
  • Lay out, position, align, and fit components according to engineering drawings.
  • Bolt, clamp, and tack-weld parts to secure them for welding.
  • Assemble parts by bolting and riveting.
  • Repair products by dismantling, straightening, reshaping, and reassembling.
  • Handle both ferrous and non-ferrous materials.
  • Clean welds using acetone and buffing.

Requirements

  • Basic computer skills with Microsoft 365 or similar software.
  • Basic knowledge of air tools and grinders.
  • Ability to read a tape measure.
  • Ability to pass automatic GTAW welder performance qualification test on small bore stainless steel tubing.
  • Knowledge of GTAW manual and automatic welding equipment.
  • Experience welding ferrous materials.
  • Experience with Swagelok autogenous welding.

Additional Information

  • This position requires daily onsite attendance and is not remote.
  • The working conditions are primarily indoors with occasional outdoor exposure.
  • Noise levels exceed 85 decibels and there may be exposure to airborne dust, fumes, and gases.
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How this job compares in Houston, TX

Pay in context

This employer didn't publish a rate. For reference, welding jobs in Houston, TX currently run a median of $26/hr in our index, with the middle half of them falling between $22–$34/hr across 76 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 Houston, TX

We're tracking 310 other active welding openings in Houston, TX right now, from 190 different employers. 90 of them were added in the last week. Across Texas as a whole we're tracking 1,282 other active welding openings from 701 employers. A metro this active generally means you have real leverage — employers here are competing for the same welders. Browse every welding job in Houston, or widen the search to Texas.

Oceaneering currently has 2 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 (27), Zachry Group (21), and Austin Industries (16). 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 $40/hr, Arlington at $39/hr, and Midlothian at $38/hr. If you can relocate or commute, that spread is worth factoring in.

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.

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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. Welding Trainee figures were last recalculated when this page was built.