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Job Description

Overview

The Machinist/Fabricator position in Bastrop, TX is a 13-week contract to hire role that involves working with fabrication, welding, machining, and mechanical assembly in a manufacturing environment. The role offers a competitive hourly wage and requires relocation for candidates traveling in.

Responsibilities

Requirements

  • High school diploma, GED, or equivalent.
  • At least 3 years of experience in fabrication, welding, machining, mechanical assembly, or a related manufacturing environment.
  • Experience using common fabrication equipment and power tools.

Benefits

Additional Information

  • Shift: Day
  • Hours: 5-6 10 hour shifts, 7am - 5pm
  • Daily per diem if traveling in but will need to relocate.
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How this job compares in Bastrop, TX

Pay in context

At roughly $30/hr, this posting sits about 36% above the $22/hr median for welder fabricator jobs across Texas — toward the top of a $22–$28/hr middle band drawn from 36 postings with published pay. Put another way, it pays more than about 81% of the comparable postings we have wage data for. Pay that far above local median usually comes attached to something: a harder cert requirement, travel, night shift, or overtime that isn't really optional. Worth establishing which before you accept.

The local market in Bastrop, TX

Bastrop, TX is a small market in our index: 1 other active welding opening alongside this one, from 1 employer. Across Texas as a whole we're tracking 914 other active welding openings from 518 employers. With this few local postings, most welders here end up either commuting or looking at travel work. 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.

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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. Machinist/Fabricator figures were last recalculated when this page was built.