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Job Description

Overview

This temporary position for a Welder on the 2nd shift involves setting up and operating welding machines to fabricate metal products. The role may lead to full-time employment with benefits, and candidates must be at least 18 years old.

Responsibilities

  • Set up, operate, or tend welding machines to fabricate metal products or assemblies.
  • Load or feed work pieces into welding machines.
  • Give directions to other workers regarding machine set-up and use.
  • Correct problems by adjusting controls or stopping machines.
  • Inspect, measure, or test completed metal work pieces for conformance to specifications.
  • Record operational information on specified production reports.
  • Perform basic MIG welding of galvanized steel.
  • Interpret blueprints, work orders, or production schedules.
  • Assemble, align, and clamp work pieces into holding fixtures.
  • Implement universal standards and specifications to meet building codes.
  • Use precision measuring tools to inspect grooves and angles.
  • Conduct tests to check weld quality.

Requirements

  • High school diploma or GED certificate and/or industrial experience.
  • Ability to read blueprints.
  • Ability to do basic math.
  • Basic understanding of electricity.
  • Understanding of metallurgy.

Benefits

Additional Information

  • Temporary position.
  • 2nd shift from 2:30 PM to 11:00 PM, Monday through Friday.
  • Potential for full-time hire with benefits.
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How this job compares in Houston, TX

Pay in context

This employer didn't publish a rate. For reference, welding jobs in Houston, TX currently run a median of $25/hr in our index, with the middle half of them falling between $22–$32/hr across 77 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 Houston, TX

We're tracking 329 other active welding openings in Houston, TX right now, from 194 different employers. 126 of them were added in the last week. Across Texas as a whole we're tracking 1,339 other active welding openings from 721 employers. A metro this active generally means you have real leverage — employers here are competing for the same welders. Browse every welding job in Houston, or widen the search to Texas.

ASSA ABLOY Group currently has 4 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.

What you'll be running

This posting calls for MIG. 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.

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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/2nd (Temp) figures were last recalculated when this page was built.