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Team Industries Inc

Weekend Shift-Pipe Welder/Fabricator

Location

Port Arthur, TX

Wage

$61,138/yr

Employment Type

Part-time

Required Skills & Certifications

MIG WeldingTIG Welding
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Posted on September 22, 2026

Job Description

Overview

The Weekend Shift-Pipe Welder/Fabricator position in Port Arthur, Texas requires candidates to have 5 years of pipe welding experience and the ability to pass specific welding tests. The role involves assembling pipe components and ensuring proper fit-up before welding.

Responsibilities

  • Assemble pipe components by tacking them in place prior to welding.
  • Confirm squareness of all joints fit-up.

Requirements

  • 5 years of pipe welding experience.
  • Must be able to pass 2” super coupon 6G Tig all the way out.
  • Must be able to pass a 2” super coupon 6G Mig root/Flux fill and cap.

Additional Information

  • Location: Port Arthur, Texas.
  • Shift: Weekend Shift (6 AM- 6 PM, Friday-Sunday, 12-hour shifts with two 12-minute breaks; get paid for 40 hours).
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How this job compares in Port Arthur, TX

Pay in context

At roughly $29/hr, this posting comes in about 16% below the $35/hr median for pipe welder jobs across Texas, where the middle half runs $31–$37/hr across 35 postings with published pay. Put another way, it pays more than about 14% of the comparable postings we have wage data for. That gap is worth raising directly — in a market this size there is normally room to negotiate toward the median, particularly if you already hold the certifications the posting asks for.

The local market in Port Arthur, TX

Port Arthur, TX currently has 8 other active welding openings besides this one, spread across 5 employers. 1 of them was added in the last week. Across Texas as a whole we're tracking 1,090 other active welding openings from 546 employers. That's enough local activity to be worth comparing two or three offers before committing. Browse every welding job in Port Arthur, or widen the search to Texas.

Team Industries Inc currently has 1 other opening 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 (27), Austin Industries (23), and Zachry Group (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 Midlothian at $38/hr, Pasadena at $38/hr, and Dallas at $33/hr. If you can relocate or commute, that spread is worth factoring in.

What you'll be running

This posting calls for MIG and TIG 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.

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

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.

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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. Weekend Shift-Pipe Welder/Fabricator figures were last recalculated when this page was built.