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Job Description

Overview

The Quality Weld Inspector position in Fort Worth, TX involves ensuring that all products meet customer specifications, welding codes, and material standards. The role includes initiating and documenting non-conformance reports while maintaining accurate records of inspection activities.

Responsibilities

  • Ensure all products comply with customer specifications.
  • Verify adherence to welding codes and material standards.
  • Initiate, track, and document non-conformance reports.
  • Maintain accurate records of inspection activities.
  • Work independently to uphold quality standards.

Requirements

Benefits

Additional Information

  • Location: Fort Worth, TX.
  • Work schedule: 5am – 1:30pm with overtime required, and 2nd shift from 4pm-12:30am with overtime until 2:30am.
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How this job compares in Fort Worth, TX

Pay in context

At roughly $22/hr, this posting comes in about 17% below the $26/hr median for welding jobs in Fort Worth, TX, where the middle half runs $23–$30/hr across 12 postings with published pay. Put another way, it pays more than about 17% of the comparable postings we have wage data for. That gap is worth raising directly — in a market this size there is normally room to negotiate toward the median, particularly if you already hold the certifications the posting asks for.

The local market in Fort Worth, TX

We're tracking 21 other active welding openings in Fort Worth, TX right now, from 19 different employers. 5 of them were added in the last week. 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 Fort Worth, or widen the search to Texas.

VIP Staffing 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.

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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. Welder Inspector CWI/NDT figures were last recalculated when this page was built.