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Overview

The Welder Fabricator is responsible for certified structural welding, custom fabrication, mechanical installation, and equipment support across the facility. This position supports the Maintenance and Kaizen teams by designing, fabricating, and installing engineered solutions that improve equipment reliability, safety, and efficiency.

Responsibilities

  • Perform certified structural welding in accordance with applicable codes, specifications, and company safety standards.
  • Design, fabricate, and install custom components including structural supports, guards, fixtures, platforms, and equipment modifications.
  • Independently develop fabrication solutions when drawings or prints are not available.
  • Generate materials requisition for fabrication projects, including materials, hardware, and consumables.
  • Execute 100% turnkey fabrication projects, including design, fabrication, installation, and final verification.
  • Support Maintenance removing, replacing, and installing hydraulic, water, and process pumps across manufacturing equipment including performing mechanical alignment and verification following pump installation.
  • Follow all Lockout/Tagout (LOTO), electrical safety, and mechanical safety procedures.
  • Support Kaizen and continuous improvement initiatives through fabrication and mechanical modifications.
  • Collaborate with Maintenance, Engineering, and Operations teams to improve equipment reliability and safety.
  • Keep organized records, documents, drawings, information of assigned projects/tasks.
  • Maintain a clean, organized, and safe fabrication and work area.
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How this job compares in San Antonio, TX

Pay in context

This employer didn't publish a rate. For reference, welder fabricator jobs across Texas currently run a median of $23/hr in our index, with the middle half of them falling between $20–$27/hr across 47 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 Antonio, TX

We're tracking 15 other active welding openings in San Antonio, TX right now, from 12 different employers. 2 of them were added in the last week. Across Texas as a whole we're tracking 1,424 other active welding openings from 736 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 Antonio, or widen the search to Texas.

The most active employers in Texas at the moment, by number of open welding reqs, are Zachry Group (26), Welding Shop in Houston, TX (25), and Austin Industries (23). 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, San Angelo at $39/hr, and Midlothian at $38/hr. If you can relocate or commute, that spread is worth factoring in.

Similar openings near San Antonio, TX

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