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Overview

We are seeking a Welder for the Night Shift to contribute to our success by providing innovative electrical solutions. Join nVent, a leading global provider of electrical connection and protection solutions, and help ensure a more secure world.

Responsibilities

  • Interpret blueprints and collaborate with the Lead person to confirm job requirements.
  • Gather necessary materials and perform layout work according to specifications.
  • Set up welding machines and adjust settings for various applications.
  • Weld steel, aluminum, copper, and other materials in multiple positions and joint configurations.
  • Inspect welds for quality, repairing defective joints as needed.
  • Operate cutting torches and manual plasma cutters when required.
  • Maintain a safe, clean, and organized work area by performing regular housekeeping duties.

Requirements

  • High School Diploma or GED.
  • At least one year of welding experience.
  • Able to read tape measures and blueprints.
  • Ability to properly operate welding equipment.
  • Must be trained in applicable SOPs and work instructions.
  • Skilled in utilizing cutting torches, brushes, pads, buffers, grinders, overhead cranes, and rubber hammers.
  • Ability to lift and carry heavy objects.
  • Comfortable working in various positions, including standing, bending, and kneeling.
  • Willingness to work in different environments, including outdoor and confined spaces.

Benefits

  • Health Insurance
  • Dental
  • Vision
  • 401k
  • PTO

Additional Information

  • Night shift position.
  • Work in a non-temperature-controlled environment.
  • Wear the required PPE for the given position.

Benefits

Health Insurance
Dental
Vision
401k
PTO
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How this job compares in Hitchcock, TX

Pay in context

At roughly $24/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 38% 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 Hitchcock, TX

This is the only active welding job we're currently tracking in Hitchcock, 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 519 employers. Browse welding jobs across Texas.

nVent currently has 1 other opening 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 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.

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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 - Night Shift figures were last recalculated when this page was built.