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Job Description

Overview

The Welder performs welding tasks repairing and maintaining containers both on- and off-site in a safe manner. The role requires assisting maintenance personnel when needed and involves various welding techniques and equipment.

Responsibilities

  • Perform welding tasks to repair and maintain containers.
  • Work safely on- and off-site.
  • Assist maintenance personnel as required.

Requirements

  • Must pass a pulmonary function test if required by work assignment.
  • Passage of the company welding test.
  • Demonstrate welding aptitude.
  • Obtain any necessary welding certificates for specific tasks or projects.
  • Familiarity with shop equipment such as drill press, cranes, grinders, and saws.
  • Understand metal welding theory and practices.
  • Pass a pulmonary function and respirator fit tests.
  • At least one year of maintenance welding experience including the use of arc, MIG, and stick welders, plasma cutter, and acetylene equipment.
  • Experience in aluminum welding.
  • High school diploma or equivalent.
  • Forklift experience.
  • Valid Class C driver’s license.
  • Safe driving record for the last three years.
  • Forklift certification by the company within 90 days of employment.
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How this job compares in Buda, TX

Pay in context

This employer didn't publish a rate. For reference, welding jobs across Texas currently run a median of $26/hr in our index, with the middle half of them falling between $22–$34/hr across 355 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 Buda, TX

Buda, TX is a small market in our index: 2 other active welding openings alongside this one, from 2 employers. Across Texas as a whole we're tracking 937 other active welding openings from 523 employers. With this few local postings, most welders here end up either commuting or looking at travel work. Browse welding jobs across Texas.

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.

What you'll be running

This posting calls for MIG and Stick 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. 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.

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