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Overview

The Welder position involves performing various welding, brazing, and cutting techniques using gas and electric welding equipment while adhering to safety regulations and Unarco’s Total Quality Management philosophy. The role requires the ability to handle multiple tasks in a job shop environment.

Responsibilities

  • Receives instructions for job from welding supervisor.
  • Fits and assembles parts using welding techniques and appropriate equipment.
  • Applies welding principles to work on new products and troubleshoot issues.
  • Cleans and prepares surfaces to be welded and assembles parts to required tolerance.
  • Maintains a clean and orderly work area.
  • Lifts up to 50 pounds regularly.
  • Meets or exceeds production standards.
  • Works without close supervision.
  • Performs quality checks as instructed.
  • Works scheduled shifts, including overtime and weekends as required.
  • Operates material handling equipment safely.

Requirements

  • Ability to pass company entry level welding and tape tests.
  • Must understand verbal and written orders.
  • Ability to weld clean, high quality, certifiable products.
  • Must be able to count and sort products.
  • Ability to read blueprints.
  • Must complete inventory tickets.
  • Ability to set up welding machines.
  • Manual dexterity skills required.
  • High school diploma or GED.
  • 1 year experience in welding or less, preferably with 6 months of formal training.

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How this job compares in Lake Dallas, TX

Pay in context

At roughly $25/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 41% 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 Lake Dallas, TX

This is the only active welding job we're currently tracking in Lake Dallas, TX, which makes it worth moving on quickly — there is no local competing offer to weigh it against. Across Texas as a whole we're tracking 914 other active welding openings from 518 employers. Browse welding jobs across 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.

Similar openings near Lake Dallas, TX

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