Job Description

Overview

Join CPKC, North America’s first transnational railroad connecting U.S., Canada, and Mexico, where your career drives progress and safety is paramount. As a Welder Helper, you will be responsible for maintaining the performance and reliability of machinery and systems, performing preventive maintenance, assembly, inspections, repairs, and troubleshooting equipment to ensure safe and efficient operations.

Responsibilities

  • Perform precision cuts using oxy-acetylene torches, air gouging, and lancing techniques.
  • Fabricate and fit steel components according to specifications.
  • Repair structural bridge components by installing splice plates, reinforcing plates, angles, and other repair elements.
  • Read and interpret technical drawings, blueprints, and repair schematics.
  • Order materials efficiently to maintain workflow and project deadlines.
  • Adhere to safety guidelines in a high-risk, team-oriented work environment.
  • Adapt to outdoor work conditions, performing tasks during all weather conditions.

Requirements

  • Must be at least 18 years of age.
  • Valid Class B Commercial's Driver's License (CDL).
  • High school diploma or general equivalency.
  • Possess journeyman welder certification.
  • Demonstrated expertise with welding equipment and a variety of welding techniques.
  • Ability to interpret blueprints and create layout patterns for projects.
  • Strong proficiency in mathematical calculations relevant to the welding trade.

Benefits

  • Flexible and competitive benefits package
  • Competitive company pension and/or retirement plans
  • Employee share purchase plan
  • Performance incentive plan
  • Annual fitness subsidy
  • Part-time studies program

Additional Information

  • This is a safety sensitive position requiring medical and drug testing.
  • Background investigation including criminal history check and education verification.
  • Location: Beasley, Texas.
  • 10-20% travel required.

Benefits

Flexible and competitive benefits package
Competitive company pension and/or retirement plans
Employee share purchase plan
Performance incentive plan
Annual fitness subsidy
Part-time studies program

How this job compares in Beasley, TX

Pay in context

At roughly $32/hr, this posting sits about 60% above the $20/hr median for welder helper jobs across Texas — toward the top of a $20–$21/hr middle band drawn from 8 postings with published pay. Put another way, it pays more than about 100% of the comparable postings we have wage data for. Pay that far above local median usually comes attached to something: a harder cert requirement, travel, night shift, or overtime that isn't really optional. Worth establishing which before you accept.

The local market in Beasley, TX

Beasley, TX is a small market in our index: 1 other active welding opening alongside this one, from 1 employer. Across Texas as a whole we're tracking 914 other active welding openings from 519 employers. With this few local postings, most welders here end up either commuting or looking at travel work. Browse welding jobs across Texas.

CPKC currently has 1 other opening 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 Helper figures were last recalculated when this page was built.