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Overview

A large General Contractor is hiring experienced Ironworkers for a major commercial project in Midlothian, TX, offering competitive pay based on experience.

Responsibilities

  • Install structural steel and miscellaneous metals
  • Read blueprints and layout drawings
  • Bolt-up and connect structural steel members
  • Perform field welding as required
  • Work safely at heights and around heavy equipment
  • Follow all jobsite safety requirements

Requirements

  • Previous commercial ironworker experience
  • Structural welding experience required
  • Experience with SMAW (Stick) and/or FCAW (Flux Core) welding preferred
  • Ability to read blueprints and structural drawings
  • Experience using torches, grinders, impact tools, and other ironworker equipment
  • Reliable transportation
  • Must be able to pass a drug screen

Benefits

  • Long-Term Opportunity
  • Benefits Offered
  • Work for a Large General Contractor
  • Overtime Available
  • Competitive Pay Based on Experience

Benefits

Long-Term Opportunity
Benefits Offered
Work for a Large General Contractor
Overtime Available
Competitive Pay Based on Experience
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How this job compares in Midlothian, TX

Pay in context

At roughly $31/hr, this posting sits about 11% above the $28/hr median for structural welder jobs across Texas — toward the top of a $25–$33/hr middle band drawn from 21 postings with published pay. Put another way, it pays more than about 62% 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 Midlothian, TX

Midlothian, TX currently has 4 other active welding openings besides this one, spread across 4 employers. None of them were added in the last week, so this is a slower-moving market. Across Texas as a whole we're tracking 914 other active welding openings from 519 employers. That's enough local activity to be worth comparing two or three offers before committing. Browse every welding job in Midlothian, or widen the search to Texas.

Welding Shop in Dallas-Fort Worth, TX currently has 5 other openings 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.

What you'll be running

This posting calls for Stick and Flux-Core work. Stick (SMAW) burns a flux-coated consumable rod and needs no shielding gas, so it works in wind, rain, and on dirty or rusted steel. That tolerance for bad conditions keeps it the default for field, structural, and repair work. Flux-cored (FCAW) runs a hollow wire filled with flux, combining MIG-like deposition rates with the outdoor tolerance of stick. It is the workhorse on heavy structural steel and shipbuilding, where thick sections and long welds reward speed.

See all structural welder openings if you want to compare this against similar roles.

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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. Ironworkers Needed | $28-$36/hr | Structural Welding Experience figures were last recalculated when this page was built.