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 Combo Welder who can join metal parts using various welding techniques as specified by layout, blueprints, or instructions.

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 burning torch and 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 make bulges thin and curves in metal work pieces.
  • Check the weakness of work pieces and measure them to ensure they meet specifications.
  • Climb up 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 the place of weld based on type, thickness, area, and expected temperature of metal.
  • Instruct and bring flame or electrodes on or across work piece to straighten, curve, dissolve, or develop metal.
  • Join pieces together, cover up taut points, and add metal to develop parts.
  • Perform other duties as assigned.

Requirements

  • No minimum education requirements.
  • Weld Test, TWIC, and DL certifications required.
  • 3-5 years of Journeyman level experience required.

Additional Information

  • Employees must be able to perform physical tasks including lifting up to 50 pounds and working in various environmental conditions.
  • Austin Industrial is an Equal Opportunity Employer.

How this job compares in La Porte, TX

Pay in context

This employer didn't publish a rate. For reference, combo welder jobs across Texas currently run a median of $40/hr in our index, with the middle half of them falling between $28–$43/hr across 8 postings with published pay. That median is a reasonable floor to anchor on when a recruiter asks what you're looking for.

The local market in La Porte, TX

We're tracking 29 other active welding openings in La Porte, TX right now, from 13 different employers. 5 of them were added in the last week. Across Texas as a whole we're tracking 1,307 other active welding openings from 708 employers. A metro this active generally means you have real leverage — employers here are competing for the same welders. Browse every welding job in La Porte, or widen the search to Texas.

Austin Industries currently has 18 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 Zachry Group (24), Welding Shop in Houston, TX (21), and Austin Industries (18). 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, Midlothian at $38/hr, and Dallas at $35/hr. If you can relocate or commute, that spread is worth factoring in.

Similar openings near La Porte, TX

Pay figures are medians computed from live postings in the Welding Pros index, not from survey data, and they move as employers post. Combo Welder (La Porte, Tx) Austin Industrial figures were last recalculated when this page was built.