Job Description

Overview

The Tank Welder position in Nederland, TX involves performing welding and grinding functions for tank and specialty vessel construction. The role requires adherence to safety standards and high moral conduct while producing quality welds and maintaining communication with supervision.

Responsibilities

  • Actively support the Company’s commitment to safety and its Core Values.
  • Represent the Company with high moral standards while adhering to the Code of Business Conduct and Ethics.
  • Efficiently produce quality welds.
  • Perform or assist with fit-up and preparation of welds.
  • Perform or assist with post weld cleanup, inspection, and repair.
  • Communicate regularly with the Field Foreman regarding job site issues and concerns.
  • Comply with all Matrix safety policies and programs.
  • Identify and take corrective action to eliminate or minimize safety hazards.

Requirements

  • Tank building experience preferred.
  • Must obtain and maintain active status within the drug testing program and pass background screening.
  • Must possess or be able to pass the Basic Safety Council Class Courses.
  • Must complete the Matrix Service Basic Safety training and site-specific training.
  • Must possess a valid TWIC card.
  • Site may require fire retardant clothing.
  • Maintain clean shaven and/or free of facial hair for proper respirator/face mask sealing.
  • Must be willing to frequently travel/relocate.
  • Must be willing to work frequent overtime.

Benefits

  • Competitive compensation package
  • Health Insurance
  • Dental
  • Vision
  • 401k

Additional Information

  • Must be able to perform tasks at heights.
  • Work includes pushing, pulling, lifting or carrying objects weighing up to 60 pounds.
  • Must be able to kneel, squat, and climb.
  • Work involves standing and/or walking for extended periods of time, up to a minimum of 8-10 hours per day.
  • Must be able to perform required duties for extended periods of time, often inside confined spaces.
  • Must be able to perform tasks in hot and cold temperatures.

Benefits

Competitive compensation package
Health Insurance
Dental
Vision
401k

How this job compares in Nederland, TX

Pay in context

At roughly $33/hr, this posting sits about 18% above the $28/hr median for welding jobs across Texas — toward the top of a $23–$35/hr middle band drawn from 466 postings with published pay. Put another way, it pays more than about 67% of the comparable postings we have wage data for. Pay that far above local median usually comes attached to something: a harder cert requirement, travel, night shift, or overtime that isn't really optional. Worth establishing which before you accept.

The local market in Nederland, TX

Nederland, 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 1,339 other active welding openings from 721 employers. With this few local postings, most welders here end up either commuting or looking at travel work. Browse welding jobs across Texas.

Matrix Service currently has 2 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 (27), Zachry Group (22), and Austin Industries (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 $40/hr, Arlington at $39/hr, and Midlothian at $38/hr. If you can relocate or commute, that spread is worth factoring in.

Similar openings near Nederland, TX

Pay figures are medians computed from live postings in the Welding Pros index, not from survey data, and they move as employers post. Tank Welder (Nederland, TX) figures were last recalculated when this page was built.