Job Description

Overview

The position of a Welder is crucial for fabricating, assembling, and welding metal components on trailers according to specifications. The role involves ensuring quality standards, supporting team efforts, and maintaining a safe working environment.

Responsibilities

  • Maintain all company Quality requirements and follow company guidelines utilizing a 'Stop and Fix' mindset.
  • Maintain a clean environment and follow company 5S + Safety Standards.
  • Read blueprints and drawings and take or read measurements to plan layout and procedures.
  • Determine the appropriate welding equipment, settings, and methods based on requirements.
  • Set up components for welding according to specifications.
  • Operate angle grinders to prepare the parts that must be welded.
  • Align components using fixtures, tape measure, levels, speed square, etc. and clamp pieces.
  • Weld components using manual or semi-automatic welding equipment in various positions.
  • Prepare trailers and other components by welding pieces and filling gaps.
  • Test and inspect welded surfaces and structure to discover flaws.
  • Maintain equipment in a condition that does not compromise safety.
  • Assist other welders in the completing of work to ensure work is completed as efficiently as possible.
  • Maintain a safe and clean working environment by complying with procedures, rules, and regulations.

Requirements

  • Must possess the skill set to support a safe working environment.
  • Must pass a drug screen.
  • Must be 18 years old.
  • Must be able to pass a vertical, horizontal and overhead weld test.
  • Preferred - High School degree, diploma or a GED equivalent qualification from a certified college.
  • Preferred – 2 to 3 years of Industrial Welding experience.

Benefits

  • Health Insurance
  • Dental
  • Vision
  • PTO
  • 401k

Additional Information

  • Hours: 530am to 4pm, Monday through Saturday.
  • Weld test can be administered Monday through Friday, 8am to 3pm.

Benefits

Health Insurance
Dental
Vision
PTO
401k

How this job compares in Roxton, TX

Pay in context

At roughly $12/hr, this posting comes in about 53% below the $26/hr median for welding jobs across Texas, where the middle half runs $22–$34/hr across 354 postings with published pay. Put another way, it pays more than about 0% of the comparable postings we have wage data for. That gap is worth raising directly — in a market this size there is normally room to negotiate toward the median, particularly if you already hold the certifications the posting asks for.

The local market in Roxton, TX

Roxton, 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 937 other active welding openings from 524 employers. With this few local postings, most welders here end up either commuting or looking at travel work. Browse welding jobs across Texas.

PJ Trailers 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 Welding Shop in Houston, TX (26), Zachry Group (20), and Welding Shop in Austin, TX (16). 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.

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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. Welder figures were last recalculated when this page was built.