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Overview

An established custom ornamental iron company in Buda, Texas is hiring an experienced metal fabricator/welder. The company specializes in high-end custom architectural metalwork, requiring a skilled individual who can produce quality work on diverse projects.

Responsibilities

  • Understand custom fabrication and work accurately.
  • Solve problems independently and take pride in quality work.
  • Assist with or lead field installations when needed.

Requirements

  • Experience with custom metal fabrication.
  • Strong MIG welding skills required.
  • TIG welding experience is a plus.
  • Ability to accurately read a tape measure and perform basic shop math.
  • Ability to fabricate from plans, drawings, measurements, and field dimensions.
  • Experience fitting, tacking, welding, grinding, finishing, and preparing custom metalwork for installation.
  • Experience using standard metal fabrication tools and equipment.
  • Valid driver’s license and reliable transportation to work.
  • Must communicate clearly and effectively in English.
  • Reliable attendance and communication.
  • Must work independently without constant supervision.
  • Must take pride in clean welds, accurate fabrication, and quality finished work.

Additional Information

  • Full-time position.
  • Schedule, overtime opportunities, and additional job details will be discussed during the interview.
  • Location: Buda, Texas.
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How this job compares in Buda, TX

Pay in context

At roughly $22/hr, this posting lands within a few percent of the $23/hr median for welder fabricator jobs across Texas, whose middle half runs $22–$29/hr across 36 postings with published pay. Put another way, it pays more than about 25% 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 Buda, TX

Buda, 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 519 employers. With this few local postings, most welders here end up either commuting or looking at travel work. Browse welding jobs across Texas.

Welding Shop in Austin, TX currently has 9 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 MIG and TIG work. MIG (GMAW) feeds a continuous wire electrode through a shielding-gas nozzle. It lays down metal fast and is forgiving on clean material, which is why it dominates production and light fabrication work. TIG (GTAW) uses a non-consumable tungsten electrode with filler added by hand, giving the operator the most control of any process. It is slow, demanding, and the standard for stainless, aluminum, and anything where the bead has to look as good as it holds.

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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. EXPERIENCED METAL FABRICATOR/WELDER/INSTALLER figures were last recalculated when this page was built.