Job Description

Overview

A Combo Welder will weld, fabricate and assist pipe fitters, electricians, millwrights, and ironworks in the installation of varying types of equipment and supports for industrial pipe, structural, electrical and mechanical systems.

Responsibilities

  • Selects equipment and plans layouts, assembly, and welding applying knowledge of geometry, physical properties of metal machining, weld shrinkage, and welding techniques.
  • Layout, position, aligns, cut, assemble, and fit metal components together in various body positions and in various places.
  • Bolts, clamps, and tack-welds parts to secure in position for welding.
  • Sets up equipment and welds parts, using arc, gas-shielded arc, submerged arc, or gas arc welding equipment.
  • Weld metal materials to piping systems equipment using the appropriate welding procedure for the various equipment and metal types involved.
  • Identify all equipment for job and process.
  • Identify all safety risks and requirements.
  • Assist with other activities while not actively welding.

Requirements

  • Must successfully pass a weld test.
  • Must have 4+ years of industrial welding experience.
  • Must have all required knowledge, skills, and abilities.
  • Must be able to meet all physical requirements.
  • Must have all the tools.
  • Must be able to read blueprints and other engineering drawings.
  • Must have a thorough knowledge of various metals characteristic and qualities including the correct welding processes required.
  • Must have experience welding multiple types of material possibly including but not limited to: carbon steel, Fluxcore, stainless, aluminum and chrome.
  • Must have reliable transportation.
  • Must be able to work at heights as required.

How this job compares in Freeport, 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 433 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 Freeport, TX

Freeport, 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 1,229 other active welding openings from 583 employers. With this few local postings, most welders here end up either commuting or looking at travel work. Browse welding jobs across Texas.

Zachry Group currently has 20 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 Austin Industries (30), Welding Shop in Austin, TX (25), and Zachry Group (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 San Angelo at $39/hr, La Porte at $38/hr, and Pasadena at $36/hr. If you can relocate or commute, that spread is worth factoring in.

Similar openings near Freeport, TX

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