Combination Welder - Austin Industrial (Olin - Plaquemine, LA)
Location
Plaquemine, LA
Wage
$51,725/yr
Employment Type
Temporary
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Posted on August 23, 2026
Job Description
Overview
Austin Industrial is a leading provider of maintenance, construction, and soft craft services to industrial companies across the U.S. They are seeking a Combination Welder to join their team in Plaquemine, LA, responsible for joining metal parts using various welding techniques.
Responsibilities
- Use welding equipment to weld or tack weld pieces together.
- Unite pipes from torch to tanks of oxygen and fuel gas and turn valves to release mixture.
- Reach expected temperature, size, and color of flame by adjusting flow of gas and air.
- Preheat work pieces for welding or curving using a torch.
- Fill holes or correct mistakes in lead pieces and thin bulges in metal work pieces.
- Check the weakness of work pieces and measure them to ensure they meet specifications.
- Climb ladders or work on scaffolds to take apart textures.
- Signal crane operator to lift large work pieces.
- Use thermal-cutting equipment to dismount metal assemblies or cut scrap metal.
- Use hoist, crane, wire and banding machine, or hand tools to place and protect work pieces.
- Choose weld locations based on type, thickness, area, and expected temperature of metal.
- Instruct and bring flame or electrodes on or across work piece to manipulate metal.
- Join pieces together and add metal to develop parts.
- Perform other duties as assigned.
Requirements
- No minimum education requirements.
- 4 years of Journeyman-level experience.
- A Weld Test certification.
- A Valid Driver’s License.
- A TWIC Card.
Additional Information
- Applicants must be legally authorized to work for any employer in the United States.
- Work may be performed in industrial and construction environments with exposure to various hazards.
- Employees must wear required personal protective equipment (PPE).
Benefits
Vision
How this job compares in Plaquemine, LA
Pay in context
At roughly $25/hr, this posting lands within a few percent of the $27/hr median for welding jobs across Louisiana, whose middle half runs $23–$35/hr across 37 postings with published pay. Put another way, it pays more than about 35% 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 Plaquemine, LA
This is the only active welding job we're currently tracking in Plaquemine, LA, which makes it worth moving on quickly — there is no local competing offer to weigh it against. Across Louisiana as a whole we're tracking 100 other active welding openings from 72 employers. Browse welding jobs across Louisiana.
Austin Careers currently has 2 other openings live in Louisiana, which is usually a sign of either steady growth or steady turnover — worth asking which in the interview.
The most active employers in Louisiana at the moment, by number of open welding reqs, are Worley (9), Savard Group (6), and The Shaw Group (3). Volume like that usually means either a genuine expansion or a staffing agency working several client sites — worth knowing which before you apply.
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