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Overview

Clean Harbors in Houston, TX is seeking a Certified Welder responsible for welding and fabricating small parts, including sub frames, bumpers, and pipe. The company prioritizes health and safety and offers comprehensive benefits and opportunities for career growth.

Responsibilities

  • Ensure health and safety is the number one priority while working independently and with others.
  • Utilize measuring tapes, bandsaws, grinders, and various hand tools to accurately layout and fit up piping modules.
  • Layout, cut, and fit piping from shop sketches and blueprints in carbon and stainless steel and other alloys.
  • Perform GMAW and GTAW welding of joints, bolt up valves, and other equipment using appropriate fall protection.
  • Wear appropriate safety equipment based on a complete analysis of the job site and tasks.
  • Notify shop supervisor or management of any equipment deficiencies or repairs needed.
  • Maintain a safe and clean work area while keeping company issued tools and equipment organized.
  • Set up welding equipment for weld procedures.
  • Other duties as assigned.

Requirements

  • High School diploma or GED required.
  • Trade school or post-secondary welding training or apprenticeship.
  • Welding test required.
  • 1+ years of experience.
  • Certified Welder.
  • MIG welding experience (TIG preferred, but willing to train).
  • Safety focused.
  • Punctuality and attendance required.
  • Successful completion of background check, drug screen, and physical required.
  • Applicants must be authorized to work for any employer in the U.S.

Benefits

  • Health Insurance
  • 401k
  • PTO

Benefits

Health Insurance
401k
PTO
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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 $25/hr in our index, with the middle half of them falling between $22–$32/hr across 60 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 209 other active welding openings in Houston, TX right now, from 123 different employers. 9 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 Houston, or widen the search to Texas.

Clean Harbors currently has 5 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.

What you'll be running

This posting calls for MIG and TIG work. 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. 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. Certified Welder figures were last recalculated when this page was built.