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Job Description

Overview

MasTec’s Clean Energy and Infrastructure Group (CE&I) is a $2 billion annual revenue business unit that provides construction services for various industrial facilities. The Structural Welder will be responsible for joining metal components using multiple welding processes while adhering to safety requirements and site specifications.

Responsibilities

  • Read and interpret project plans, blueprints, weld symbols, and other written instructions.
  • Follow project specifications and Quality Control program documents.
  • Perform various types of welds based on project needs.
  • Field install welds including structural and pipe work.
  • Select proper fillers for welding tasks.
  • Prepare welding surfaces to achieve proper joint detail.
  • Assist pipe fitters and help prep materials for welding and installation.
  • Work with other crafts as requested by project supervision.
  • Communicate with Foreman regarding problems, materials, or hazards.
  • Work different shifts and overtime as required.
  • Maintain accuracy in work and perform duties safely.
  • Other duties as assigned by Leadman, Foreman, or Superintendent.

Requirements

  • 4+ years related experience and/or training or equivalent combination of education and experience.
  • High School Diploma or GED Certification (preferred).
  • Knowledge of MIC Health and Safety programs and project specific regulations.
  • Ability to read and interpret safety rules and procedure manuals.
  • Basic math skills for measurements and calculations.
  • Common sense understanding to carry out instructions.
  • Ability to work within precise standards of accuracy.
  • Physical stamina to perform hard physical work in varying temperatures.

Benefits

  • Health Insurance
  • Dental
  • Vision
  • 401k

Additional Information

  • Full-Time position scheduled to work typically 50 hours per week.
  • Travel required up to 90%.

Benefits

Health Insurance
Dental
Vision
401k
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How this job compares in Odessa, TX

Pay in context

At roughly $35/hr, this posting sits about 13% above the $31/hr median for structural welder jobs across Texas — toward the top of a $28–$44/hr middle band drawn from 31 postings with published pay. Put another way, it pays more than about 61% of the comparable postings we have wage data for. Pay that far above local median usually comes attached to something: a harder cert requirement, travel, night shift, or overtime that isn't really optional. Worth establishing which before you accept.

The local market in Odessa, TX

Odessa, TX currently has 9 other active welding openings besides this one, spread across 8 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 737 employers. That's enough local activity to be worth comparing two or three offers before committing. Browse every welding job in Odessa, or widen the search to Texas.

Phoenix Industrial, Inc., a MasTec Company currently has 2 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 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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Pay figures are medians computed from live postings in the Welding Pros index, not from survey data, and they move as employers post. Structural Welder JM figures were last recalculated when this page was built.