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Overview

The MIG Welder position involves performing MIG welding on metal parts and components in Richardson, Texas. The role requires previous welding experience and offers a pay rate between $17.00 to $23.00 per hour, with a work schedule from Monday to Friday, 5:00 AM to 3:30 PM.

Responsibilities

  • Perform MIG welding on metal parts and components
  • Read and follow blueprints, drawings, and work instructions
  • Measure materials using a tape measure
  • Inspect welds for quality, strength, and accuracy
  • Use grinders and other hand and power tools
  • Maintain a clean and safe work area
  • Meet daily production and quality goals

Requirements

  • Previous MIG welding experience
  • Ability to pass a welding test
  • Ability to read a tape measure
  • Comfortable standing for extended periods
  • Ability to lift up to 50 lbs.
  • Must follow all safety procedures

Benefits

Additional Information

  • Temp to Perm
  • Job location is in Richardson, Texas 75081
  • Work schedule is Monday thru Friday: 5:00 AM TO 3:30 PM
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How this job compares in Richardson, TX

Pay in context

At roughly $20/hr, this posting lands within a few percent of the $22/hr median for MIG welder jobs across Texas, whose middle half runs $18–$25/hr across 11 postings with published pay. Put another way, it pays more than about 36% 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 Richardson, TX

Richardson, TX is a small market in our index: 1 other active welding opening alongside this one, from 1 employer. Across Texas as a whole we're tracking 1,082 other active welding openings from 558 employers. With this few local postings, most welders here end up either commuting or looking at travel work. Browse welding jobs across Texas.

Welding Shop in Dallas-Fort Worth, TX currently has 12 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 Welding Shop in Austin, TX (26), Zachry Group (25), and Welding Shop in Houston, TX (22). 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 Burleson at $40/hr, Pasadena at $40/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. 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.

See all MIG welder openings if you want to compare this against similar roles.

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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. Mig Welder figures were last recalculated when this page was built.