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Job Description

Overview

Combat Engineers in the Army National Guard play a crucial role in mission success by assisting fellow Soldiers in unpredictable environments. They are responsible for designing and building infrastructure such as bridges and roadways, as well as detecting and neutralizing threats to ensure team safety.

Responsibilities

  • Construct fighting positions, fixed/floating bridges, obstacles, and defensive positions
  • Place and detonate explosives
  • Conduct operations that include route clearance of obstacles and rivers

Requirements

  • Military enlistment in the Army National Guard
  • Must be at least a junior in high school, or have a high school diploma or a GED certificate
  • Must be between the ages of 17 and 35
  • Must be able to pass a physical exam and meet legal and moral standards
  • Must meet citizenship requirements

Benefits

  • Paid training
  • Health Insurance
  • 401k
  • Tuition assistance
  • Retirement benefits for part-time service
  • Low-cost life insurance
  • Student Loan Repayment Program
  • Health care benefits
  • VA home loans

Additional Information

  • Job training requires 10 weeks of Basic Training and 14 weeks of Advanced Individual Training (AIT)
  • On-the-job training consists of hands-on work in various construction projects

Benefits

Paid training
Health Insurance
401k
Tuition assistance
Retirement benefits for part-time service
Low-cost life insurance
Student Loan Repayment Program
Health care benefits
VA home loans
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How this job compares in San Angelo, TX

Pay in context

This employer didn't publish a rate. For reference, welding jobs across Texas currently run a median of $27/hr in our index, with the middle half of them falling between $22–$35/hr across 422 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 San Angelo, TX

We're tracking 18 other active welding openings in San Angelo, TX right now, from 11 different employers. 9 of them were added in the last week. Across Texas as a whole we're tracking 1,274 other active welding openings from 699 employers. A metro this active generally means you have real leverage — employers here are competing for the same welders. Browse every welding job in San Angelo, or widen the search to Texas.

DC Army National Guard 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 Zachry Group (22), Welding Shop in Houston, TX (21), and Austin Industries (17). 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 San Angelo, TX

Pay figures are medians computed from live postings in the Welding Pros index, not from survey data, and they move as employers post. 12B Combat Engineer - Construction and Engineering Specialist figures were last recalculated when this page was built.