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Job Description

Overview

We're seeking experienced Commercial DX Pipefitters for commercial HVAC projects in the Austin, Texas area. If you have experience installing, brazing, and soldering copper refrigerant piping and enjoy working on commercial new construction, we'd like to talk with you.

Responsibilities

  • Install, braze, and solder copper refrigerant piping for commercial DX HVAC systems
  • Measure, cut, fit, and assemble copper piping
  • Read and interpret mechanical blueprints and piping layouts
  • Pressure test refrigerant piping systems before startup
  • Follow all OSHA and job site safety requirements
  • Work efficiently with project teams to meet construction schedules

Requirements

  • Minimum of 3 years of commercial HVAC piping experience
  • Proficient in brazing and soldering copper refrigerant piping
  • Ability to read blueprints and work independently
  • Must have reliable transportation and basic hand tools
  • OSHA 10 certification is preferred

Benefits

Additional Information

  • Location: Austin, Texas area
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How this job compares in Austin, TX

Pay in context

At roughly $30/hr, this posting lands within a few percent of the $27/hr median for welding jobs in Austin, TX, whose middle half runs $20–$30/hr across 24 postings with published pay. Put another way, it pays more than about 67% 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 Austin, TX

We're tracking 31 other active welding openings in Austin, TX right now, from 10 different employers. 6 of them were added in the last week. Across Texas as a whole we're tracking 1,082 other active welding openings from 558 employers. A metro this active generally means you have real leverage — employers here are competing for the same welders. Browse every welding job in Austin, or widen the search to Texas.

Welding Shop in Austin, TX currently has 25 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 (25), Welding Shop in Austin, TX (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.

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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. DX Commercial Pipefitter figures were last recalculated when this page was built.