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Overview

The Welder position at Progress Rail involves operating various hand-welding and flame-cutting equipment to weld, fabricate, or join work pieces together, ensuring safety and adherence to specifications. Progress Rail is a leading provider of railroad products and services, committed to innovation and excellence since 1983.

Responsibilities

  • Pass internal welding certification in conjunction with requirements under ISO, AAR, and other regulatory agencies.
  • Retrieve materials assembled and weld into a finished product.
  • Set up components for welding according to specifications.
  • Operate angle grinders to prepare the parts that must be welded.
  • Interpret welding blueprints, assembly instructions, drawings, JSA’s, and bills of material.
  • Maintain welding proficiency as required by Progress Rail QSP 4.9 and applicable standards.
  • Accurately use measuring devices such as tape measures, scales, and calipers.
  • Use various hand tools, pneumatic and electric powered grinders, impact wrenches, and overhead cranes.
  • Master various welds such as pipe weld, GMAW, SMAW, etc. in all positions.
  • Obtain certification to a recognized welding standard such as AWS D1.1.
  • Perform single and multi-pass welds in all positions.
  • Perform preventative and basic maintenance of weld machines and equipment.
  • Weld components using manual or semi-automatic welding equipment in various positions.
  • Train others in welding techniques.
  • Be forklift certified.

Requirements

  • Certified Welder preferred.
  • 2-3 years of experience in welding.
  • Knowledge of various types of welding (Mig, MMA, Stick, Tig).
  • Mechanical aptitude.
  • Skill Level II – 1-2 years of experience as a welder.
  • Skill Level III – 2-3 years of experience as a welder, certification in GMAW and FCAW preferred.
  • Skill Level IV – 4-5 years of experience as a certified welder.
  • Skill Level V – 5+ years of experience as a certified welder with all previous certifications.

Benefits

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

Additional Information

  • Work Location: Waskom, TX
  • Job Category: Production - Hourly
  • PRS Facility Location: Waskom, TX Parts Reclamation - 046

Benefits

Competitive Salary
401k
Health Insurance
Dental
Vision
PTO
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How this job compares in Waskom, 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 488 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 Waskom, TX

This is the only active welding job we're currently tracking in Waskom, 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 1,424 other active welding openings from 736 employers. Browse welding jobs across 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.

What you'll be running

This posting calls for MIG, TIG, Stick, and Flux-Core work. 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. TIG (GTAW) uses a non-consumable tungsten electrode with filler added by hand, giving the operator the most control of any process. It is slow, demanding, and the standard for stainless, aluminum, and anything where the bead has to look as good as it holds.

Certifications this posting mentions

  • AWS D1.1 — the American Welding Society's Structural Welding Code for steel. It governs almost all building and structural steel work in the US, so a D1.1 qualification is the baseline credential for construction and ironworking.

Read straight from this posting's text. Confirm the exact qualification the employer wants before you test — requirements vary by shop even under the same code.

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