Back to Jobs

Job Description

Overview

Aecon is seeking a skilled Welder to join their team in Beaumont, Texas, to perform a wide variety of welding and cutting operations in accordance with blueprints, layouts, and welding procedures. The company is dedicated to delivering impactful infrastructure projects and prioritizes safety, integrity, accountability, and inclusion.

Responsibilities

  • Set up and operate arc welding machines to join metal components per specifications.
  • Weld flat, cylindrical, or irregular parts in various positions: flat, vertical, horizontal, or overhead.
  • Visually inspect welds for quality and conformance to standards.
  • Prepare metal surfaces for welding using grinders, brushes, or chemical baths.
  • Perform interpass grinding and penetrant testing.
  • Preheat workpieces using a hand torch or heating furnace.
  • Remove slag, flux, and spatter from welds.
  • Lay out, fit, and tack-weld components using jigs, clamps, and fixtures.
  • Use manual, submerged arc, and gas-shielded arc welding techniques.
  • Operate oxy-fuel and arc-cutting equipment for cutting, trimming, or beveling metal.
  • Set up equipment and select torch tips, filler wire, electrodes, and gas mixtures.
  • Follow diagrams and layouts to determine welding and cutting paths.
  • Ensure safety compliance by using all required PPE including respirators when necessary.
  • Work in confined spaces, at heights exceeding 50 feet, and in varied outdoor weather conditions.
  • Move and position compressed gas cylinders, welding cables, and leads as needed.

Requirements

  • Strong understanding of welding techniques, safety standards, and equipment operation in industrial or fabrication environments.
Apply for This Position

How this job compares in Beaumont, 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 Beaumont, TX

We're tracking 10 other active welding openings in Beaumont, TX right now, from 7 different 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. A metro this active generally means you have real leverage — employers here are competing for the same welders. Browse every welding job in Beaumont, or widen the search to Texas.

Aecon U.S. 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 (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.

Similar openings near Beaumont, TX

Pay figures are medians computed from live postings in the Welding Pros index, not from survey data, and they move as employers post. Welder figures were last recalculated when this page was built.