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Job Description

Overview

A Machinist II operates manual and computer-controlled machine tools to produce precision metal and plastic parts, requiring previous CNC machine experience. The role involves setting up, operating, and maintaining various machines while ensuring parts meet specific requirements and inspecting finished parts for quality and accuracy.

Responsibilities

  • Setting up and operating machine tools
  • Producing precision parts
  • Interpreting technical drawings
  • Maintaining machine tools
  • Utilizing manual machine experience
  • Problem solving
  • Performing all other duties as assigned

Requirements

  • Manual machine experience and CNC machine experience required
  • Ability to read blueprints/drawings and make necessary modifications or repairs
  • Must be able to run a manual lathe and manual mill as well as CNC mill and lathes
  • High School Diploma or GED
  • Four years related experience and/or training or equivalent combination of education and experience

Benefits

Additional Information

  • This position is located in a climate-controlled environment
  • The work environment is an office setting
  • Candidates should be able to adapt to a traditional business environment
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How this job compares in Grand Prairie, TX

Pay in context

This employer didn't publish a rate. For reference, welding jobs across Texas currently run a median of $28/hr in our index, with the middle half of them falling between $23–$35/hr across 467 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 Grand Prairie, TX

We're tracking 27 other active welding openings in Grand Prairie, TX right now, from 18 different employers. 11 of them were added in the last week. Across Texas as a whole we're tracking 1,339 other active welding openings from 720 employers. A metro this active generally means you have real leverage — employers here are competing for the same welders. Browse every welding job in Grand Prairie, or widen the search to Texas.

The most active employers in Texas at the moment, by number of open welding reqs, are Welding Shop in Houston, TX (27), Zachry Group (22), 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.

Similar openings near Grand Prairie, TX

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