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Overview

The Small Parts Fitter Welder role at Valmont involves interpreting drawings and fabricating small parts while ensuring quality standards are met. Valmont is a Fortune 1000 company focused on advancing agricultural productivity and infrastructure to improve lives globally.

Responsibilities

  • Interpret drawings and make arms/small parts according to specifications.
  • Use shop mathematics to perform calculations.
  • Read and interpret blueprints and measuring instruments.
  • Fit parts to specifications and tolerances.
  • Operate MIG and/or Flux Core welding equipment.
  • Perform tack welding using GMAW and/or FCAW processes.
  • Read work orders and production schedules.
  • Maintain a daily production log.
  • Use safety equipment and follow procedures.
  • Understand the use of equipment in the arms area.
  • Assemble parts using various tools and equipment.
  • Conduct visual inspections of welds and materials.
  • Measure weld size with a weld gauge.
  • Lift, push, and pull up to 50 pounds frequently.
  • Operate forklifts and electric pallet jacks.
  • Use cranes to lift and position heavy components.
  • Perform other duties as assigned.

Requirements

  • Must be able to read and write English.
  • Ability to use common manufacturing math.
  • 1 year experience reading and using blueprints.
  • 1 year previous experience in a manufacturing or fabrication environment.
  • Graduated from an acceptable Technical Training Program focused in welding.
  • Must pass GMAW and FCAW weld test and maintain certification.

Benefits

  • Health Insurance
  • 401k
  • PTO
  • Employer paid life insurance
  • Employer paid short-term and long-term disability
  • Tuition Reimbursement up to $5,250 per year

Additional Information

  • Days 1st Shift Standard Schedule: Monday - Friday 7AM - 3PM.
  • Work hours may be required outside the standard shift schedule.

Benefits

Health Insurance
401k
PTO
Employer paid life insurance
Employer paid short-term and long-term disability
Tuition Reimbursement up to $5,250 per year
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How this job compares in Brenham, TX

Pay in context

At roughly $26/hr, this posting lands within a few percent of the $28/hr median for welding jobs across Texas, whose middle half runs $23–$35/hr across 487 postings with published pay. Put another way, it pays more than about 42% of the comparable postings we have wage data for. In other words it is a market-rate offer, so benefits, overtime, and shift schedule are where the real difference between this and the next posting on the list shows up.

The local market in Brenham, TX

Brenham, TX is a small market in our index: 2 other active welding openings alongside this one, from 2 employers. Across Texas as a whole we're tracking 1,424 other active welding openings from 737 employers. With this few local postings, most welders here end up either commuting or looking at travel work. Browse welding jobs across Texas.

Valmont Industries, Inc. currently has 1 other opening 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 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 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. Flux-cored (FCAW) runs a hollow wire filled with flux, combining MIG-like deposition rates with the outdoor tolerance of stick. It is the workhorse on heavy structural steel and shipbuilding, where thick sections and long welds reward speed.

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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. Small Parts Fitter Welder - Days figures were last recalculated when this page was built.