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Overview

We are hiring an experienced Welder II to support a custom fabrication shop with a strong safety culture and small, accountable team. This role requires immediate capability in reading prints, handling fit-up, and producing quality welds with minimal supervision.

Responsibilities

  • Perform MIG/TIG welding on carbon steel, stainless, and aluminum
  • Read and interpret blueprints, weld symbols, and shop drawings independently
  • Complete fit-up, layout, and fabrication of custom parts and assemblies
  • Maintain high weld quality with minimal rework
  • Identify and resolve fit-up and fabrication issues on the floor
  • Support production flow and meet deadlines
  • Follow and uphold all shop safety standards and PPE requirements

Requirements

  • 3+ years welding/fabrication experience (job shop or custom work preferred)
  • Strong blueprint reading and layout capability
  • Proficient in MIG welding (TIG experience preferred)
  • Ability to work independently without constant direction
  • Consistent quality, attention to detail, and reliability
  • Team-oriented with a strong work ethic

Benefits

  • PTO

Additional Information

  • Small team, hands-on shop
  • Safety-first culture
  • High-mix custom fabrication (variety of work, not repetitive production)

Benefits

PTO
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How this job compares in Houston, TX

Pay in context

At roughly $26/hr, this posting lands within a few percent of the $25/hr median for welding jobs in Houston, TX, whose middle half runs $22–$32/hr across 59 postings with published pay. Put another way, it pays more than about 54% 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 Houston, TX

We're tracking 209 other active welding openings in Houston, TX right now, from 122 different employers. 26 of them were added in the last week. Across Texas as a whole we're tracking 914 other active welding openings from 518 employers. A metro this active generally means you have real leverage — employers here are competing for the same welders. Browse every welding job in Houston, 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 and TIG 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.

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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 II figures were last recalculated when this page was built.