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Job Description

Overview

The Welder position offers competitive pay and benefits, along with opportunities for growth and career advancement. The role involves performing welding duties and ensuring product specifications are met.

Responsibilities

  • Perform welding duties using a wire/gas welder.
  • Weld steel components with welding equipment as specified in drawings, work orders or verbal instructions.
  • Operate machinery, hoists, hand power tools, slings, grinders, cutting torch, and other hand tools related to the job’s needs.
  • Inspect and correct welds as necessary to meet product specifications.
  • Read, understand, and follow job order specifications, drawings or work orders.
  • Willingness to cross-train and perform the work of other jobs as needed.
  • Inspect equipment to maintain functional equipment and notify supervisor if any equipment needs repairs.
  • Willing and able to work on heavy equipment.

Requirements

  • Welding certification required.
  • Some experience preferred.
  • Strong communication skills, written and verbal.
  • Must be 18 years of age.

Benefits

  • Competitive hourly pay
  • 401K
  • Health Insurance
  • Dental
  • Vision
  • PTO

Additional Information

  • Works outdoors in all climates.
  • Exposed to loud noise, dusty environment.
  • Able to climb and work 80 feet or higher, and to stoop, bend or kneel in the review and inspection of plant operations and equipment.
  • Able to lift and carry 50 pounds.
  • Full mobility of hands.
  • Required to wear safety equipment including hard hat, safety glasses, goggles, leather work shoes, hearing protectors, respirator, gloves and other safety equipment that may be required for the project.

Benefits

Competitive hourly pay
401K
Health Insurance
Dental
Vision
PTO
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How this job compares in Fresno, TX

Pay in context

This employer didn't publish a rate. For reference, welding jobs across Texas currently run a median of $28/hr in our index, with the middle half of them falling between $23–$35/hr across 342 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 Fresno, TX

This is the only active welding job we're currently tracking in Fresno, TX, which makes it worth moving on quickly — there is no local competing offer to weigh it against. Across Texas as a whole we're tracking 953 other active welding openings from 418 employers. Browse welding jobs across Texas.

Arcosa Inc. 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 Austin Industries (34), Zachry Group (24), and Welding Shop in Houston, TX (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 Old Sixth Ward at $40/hr, Dallas at $36/hr, and Channelview at $32/hr. If you can relocate or commute, that spread is worth factoring in.

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