Job Description

Overview

Multiquip is seeking skilled and safety-focused Welders to join their manufacturing team in Lewisville, TX. The role involves fabricating, assembling, repairing, and welding metal components for high-quality equipment and products, with opportunities for skill expansion and leadership as experience grows.

Responsibilities

  • Read and interpret blueprints, welding diagrams, work orders, and layout specifications.
  • Select appropriate equipment and determine assembly and welding layouts.
  • Lay out, position, align, and fit metal components using jigs and fixtures.
  • Bolt, clamp, and tack-weld components to prepare for final welding.
  • Perform flat, horizontal, vertical, and overhead welding operations.
  • Inspect welds for bead size, quality, and adherence to specifications.
  • Conduct pressure testing to verify weld integrity and fluid retention.
  • Chip, grind, and remove excess weld material, slag, or spatter.
  • Operate fabrication equipment including chop saws, plasma cutters, cutting torches, and belt sanders.
  • Repair metal products by dismantling, straightening, reshaping, rebuilding, and reassembling components.
  • Repair cracked, damaged, or worn metal parts by filling, rebuilding, and reinforcing materials.
  • Change welding gas cylinders and welding wire as required.
  • Safely operate forklifts, power buggies, hoists, and scissor lifts as needed.
  • Follow all company safety protocols and equipment operating procedures.
  • Exercise care when handling machinery, tools, and production equipment.
  • Maintain a clean, organized, and safe work environment.
  • Support daily production schedules and departmental goals.
  • Perform other duties and special projects as assigned.

Requirements

  • Associate's Degree, Welding Certificate, or completion of a technical or trade school program preferred.
  • Six months to one year of related welding experience and/or training, or an equivalent combination of education and experience.
  • Experience in a manufacturing or fabrication environment preferred.
  • Blueprint reading and interpretation experience preferred.
  • Knowledge of welding symbols and welding specifications preferred.
  • Ability to read and interpret blueprints, diagrams, and work instructions.
  • Ability to accurately read tape measures, calipers, and measuring devices.
  • Knowledge of welding processes, fabrication methods, and metalworking techniques.
  • Experience operating hand tools, air-powered tools, hoists, forklifts, and related equipment.
  • Strong mechanical aptitude and troubleshooting abilities.
  • Basic math skills including addition, subtraction, multiplication, division, fractions, and decimals.
  • Must successfully pass the Multiquip Welder Certification Test within three (3) months of employment.
  • Forklift certification and other equipment certifications may be required based on job responsibilities.

Benefits

  • Health Insurance
  • Dental
  • Vision
  • PTO
  • 401k

Additional Information

  • Full-Time Non-Exempt position.
  • Onsite in Lewisville, TX.
  • Employment is subject to pre-employment physical, drug-screening and background investigation.
  • E-Verify is used to verify a candidates’ legal right to work in the U.S.

Benefits

Health Insurance
Dental
Vision
PTO
401k

How this job compares in Dallas, TX

Pay in context

At roughly $23/hr, this posting comes in about 36% below the $35/hr median for welding jobs in Dallas, TX, where the middle half runs $28–$36/hr across 52 postings with published pay. Put another way, it pays more than about 10% of the comparable postings we have wage data for. That gap is worth raising directly — in a market this size there is normally room to negotiate toward the median, particularly if you already hold the certifications the posting asks for.

The local market in Dallas, TX

We're tracking 114 other active welding openings in Dallas, TX right now, from 77 different employers. 46 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 Dallas, 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.

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