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Overview

A Schuff Steel Production Welder brings expertise in fabrication to build complex projects in the commercial building, bridge, and industrial sectors. This position requires proficiency in welding various materials using multiple techniques and adherence to safety standards.

Responsibilities

  • Follows applicable welding procedures (AWS, AISC)
  • Welds on the ground level, above ground and below ground, in any required position
  • Chips, peens, and grinds material to prepare for welding or finish
  • Welds structural, bridge, and industrial materials such as plates, sheets, girders, and tanks
  • Performs gouging and scarfing as needed
  • Capable of passing welding tests in accordance to AWS D1.1
  • Transports material by a crane as needed and required
  • Keeps work area organized and clean
  • Performs other routine duties per management direction
  • Adheres to and follows all safety rules and PPE requirements

Requirements

  • High school diploma or general education degree (GED)
  • 12 months of stable work experience
  • Must pass required weld test
  • Ability to read and interpret documents such as safety rules and procedure manuals
  • Ability to add, subtract, multiply, and divide in all units of measure
  • Ability to apply common sense understanding to carry out instructions
  • Cert in AWS D1.1 weld test

Benefits

  • Health Insurance

Benefits

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How this job compares in Bordersville, TX

Pay in context

At roughly $26/hr, this posting lands within a few percent of the $26/hr median for welding jobs across Texas, whose middle half runs $22–$34/hr across 340 postings with published pay. Put another way, it pays more than about 49% of the comparable postings we have wage data for. In other words it is a market-rate offer, so benefits, overtime, and shift schedule are where the real difference between this and the next posting on the list shows up.

The local market in Bordersville, TX

Bordersville, 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.

Schuff Steel Co 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.

What you'll be running

This posting calls for Stick and Flux-Core work. Stick (SMAW) burns a flux-coated consumable rod and needs no shielding gas, so it works in wind, rain, and on dirty or rusted steel. That tolerance for bad conditions keeps it the default for field, structural, and repair work. Flux-cored (FCAW) runs a hollow wire filled with flux, combining MIG-like deposition rates with the outdoor tolerance of stick. It is the workhorse on heavy structural steel and shipbuilding, where thick sections and long welds reward speed.

Certifications this posting mentions

  • AWS D1.1 — the American Welding Society's Structural Welding Code for steel. It governs almost all building and structural steel work in the US, so a D1.1 qualification is the baseline credential for construction and ironworking.

Read straight from this posting's text. Confirm the exact qualification the employer wants before you test — requirements vary by shop even under the same code.

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