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Overview

ISC Manufacturing is looking for an experienced MIG/FCAW Structural Fabrication Welder to join their team. The company specializes in designing and building complex systems and components for various industries including Agriculture, Mining, and Construction.

Responsibilities

  • Review detailed blueprints and set up components to specifications.
  • Prep parts using angle grinders, drill presses, handheld plasma, oxy-fuel torch, and an ironworker.
  • Lay down quality welds in every position on carbon and stainless steel.
  • Maintain equipment and follow all safety procedures.
  • Coordinate with teammates and keep projects on schedule and within budget.

Requirements

  • 2+ years of MIG welding experience with strong FCAW skills.
  • High school diploma or equivalent and a valid driver's license.
  • Background in similar environments such as conveyors and heavy equipment fabrication.
  • Proficiency with GMAW and FCAW welding processes.
  • Capability to weld 14 ga through 4+ inch carbon and stainless steel.
  • Comfortable reading tape measures, technical drawings, and AWS D1.1 requirements.
  • Hands-on experience with layout and fit-up for CNC-cut and manually formed parts.
  • Ability to safely rig and lift heavy, odd-shaped parts using forklifts and overhead cranes.
  • Detail-driven, responsive to verbal directions, self-starting, team-oriented, and quality focused.

Additional Information

  • Must be able to work Monday–Fridays 5–5:30; sometimes weekends as needed.
  • Pre-hire welding test required and post-hire AWS D1.1 certification test required.
  • 30–90 day probationary period.
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How this job compares in Burleson, TX

Pay in context

At roughly $25/hr, this posting comes in about 16% below the $29/hr median for structural welder jobs across Texas, where the middle half runs $26–$33/hr across 21 postings with published pay. Put another way, it pays more than about 19% of the comparable postings we have wage data for. That gap is worth raising directly — in a market this size there is normally room to negotiate toward the median, particularly if you already hold the certifications the posting asks for.

The local market in Burleson, TX

Burleson, TX currently has 5 other active welding openings besides this one, spread across 5 employers. None of them were added in the last week, so this is a slower-moving market. Across Texas as a whole we're tracking 914 other active welding openings from 518 employers. That's enough local activity to be worth comparing two or three offers before committing. Browse every welding job in Burleson, 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 (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, TIG, and Flux-Core 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.

See all structural welder openings if you want to compare this against similar roles.

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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