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Overview

The Repair Welder position involves performing complex welding tasks using various welding processes, interpreting engineering drawings, and ensuring product quality. The role requires a high level of skill and experience in welding, with a focus on safety and efficiency.

Responsibilities

  • Perform complex welding tasks using wire feed gun, stick welding, and TIG welding processes.
  • Responsible for layout, fit up, and fabrication of complex structural forms.
  • Accurately interpret complex engineering drawings.
  • Fabricate complex jigs and fixtures as necessary to produce quality products.
  • Follow prescribed weld procedures accurately.
  • Work accurately and efficiently with little supervision.
  • Safely operate oxygen/acetylene cutting torch.
  • Interpret and follow information on work routers.
  • Report technical problems to the Repair Crew Chief and assist in solving them.
  • Use safe work practices.
  • Work towards improving efficiency and achieving delivery goals.
  • Follow all applicable company policies and procedures.
  • Perform other duties as assigned.

Requirements

  • Ability to lift, push, and pull up to 50 pounds.
  • Ability to stand for prolonged periods (up to 8 hours).
  • Ability to comply with required safety programs and proper use of PPE.
  • Must be able to perform essential functions of the job with or without reasonable accommodation.
  • Must be authorized to work in the United States.
  • High School graduate or GED preferred.
  • Minimum of 5 years experience welding in shop or field environment.
  • Must be able to successfully pass 6G weld bend test in all FCAW, SMAW, GMAW, and TIG.
  • Experience mentoring others in welding and inspecting is a plus.

Benefits

  • 401k
  • Health Insurance
  • PTO

Benefits

401k
Health Insurance
PTO
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How this job compares in Fort Worth, TX

Pay in context

This employer didn't publish a rate. For reference, welding jobs in Fort Worth, TX currently run a median of $22/hr in our index, with the middle half of them falling between $22–$27/hr across 11 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 Fort Worth, TX

We're tracking 23 other active welding openings in Fort Worth, TX right now, from 21 different employers. 3 of them were added in the last week. Across Texas as a whole we're tracking 1,366 other active welding openings from 671 employers. A metro this active generally means you have real leverage — employers here are competing for the same welders. Browse every welding job in Fort Worth, or widen the search to Texas.

NOV currently has 9 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 Austin Industries (25). 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, La Porte at $38/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

  • 6G — a pipe test welded on a joint fixed at a 45-degree incline. Because the torch has to travel through flat, vertical, and overhead angles in a single pass, passing 6G qualifies you for every position on pipe — which is why it is the ticket that separates pipe welders from plate welders on pay.

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.

Similar openings near Fort Worth, TX

Pay figures are medians computed from live postings in the Welding Pros index, not from survey data, and they move as employers post. Repair Welder figures were last recalculated when this page was built.