Job Description

Overview

CSI is seeking an experienced Welder to join their Field Installation team, responsible for installing sanitary process systems at customer locations across the country. The role requires strong TIG welding skills, attention to detail, and a commitment to safety and customer service.

Responsibilities

  • Perform TIG welding of sanitary stainless-steel tubing and process piping.
  • Perform grinding, polishing, and finishing of welded components.
  • Assist with pipe fitting and installation activities as needed.
  • Accurately read and interpret tape measurements, scales, blueprints, drawings, and schematics.
  • Operate forklifts, scissor lifts, torches, saws, drill motors, plasma torches, and other equipment.
  • Follow established safety procedures and properly use required personal protective equipment.
  • Work effectively as part of a field installation team while maintaining a professional presence at customer facilities.
  • Travel to customer locations and work overnight and/or weekend assignments as required.
  • Maintain a clean, organized, and safe work environment.
  • Take ownership of assigned work and complete installations according to specifications, quality standards, and customer expectations.

Requirements

  • Experienced welder with strong TIG welding skills.
  • Mechanically inclined with the ability to understand and apply welding and pipe-fitting techniques.
  • Detail-oriented and committed to producing quality work.
  • Takes pride in workmanship and accepts responsibility for work performed.
  • Safety-conscious and committed to following established safety practices.
  • Comfortable working in active field environments and at customer facilities.
  • Able to work effectively as part of a team.
  • Willing and able to travel extensively as required.
  • TIG welding experience — required.
  • 2–3 years of sanitary tube welding experience — required.
  • Pipe-fitting experience — required.
  • Experience operating basic construction equipment — required.
  • Forklift and scissor lift experience.
  • Experience operating drill motors, plasma torches, Fischer saws, and related equipment.
  • Experience working at customer facilities — preferred.

Benefits

  • Health Insurance
  • PTO

Additional Information

  • Based out of Grand Prairie, TX.
  • Overnight and/or weekend travel is necessary and may be as much as 100%.
  • CSI provides required tools, travel, hotel accommodations, meals, and other miscellaneous travel expenses.

Benefits

Health Insurance
PTO

How this job compares in Grand Prairie, TX

Pay in context

At roughly $29/hr, this posting lands within a few percent of the $28/hr median for welding jobs across Texas, whose middle half runs $22–$35/hr across 474 postings with published pay. Put another way, it pays more than about 54% 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 Grand Prairie, TX

We're tracking 34 other active welding openings in Grand Prairie, TX right now, from 17 different employers. 14 of them were added in the last week. Across Texas as a whole we're tracking 1,395 other active welding openings from 682 employers. A metro this active generally means you have real leverage — employers here are competing for the same welders. Browse every welding job in Grand Prairie, or widen the search to Texas.

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 TIG. 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.

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