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Overview

Texas Compression is a Houston-based mechanical and industrial services contractor servicing customers across Texas, Louisiana, and Oklahoma. They are currently looking for experienced rig welders for upcoming projects, requiring extensive experience with specific materials and a focus on safety and quality.

Responsibilities

  • Follows all HSE policies and procedures.
  • Obtain daily permits and complete daily JSA/JHA.
  • Knowledge of basic rigging and lifting.
  • Read a tape measure and perform basic math calculations.
  • Capable of using different welding processes such as GTAW, SMAW, GMAW & FCAW.
  • Capable of using plasma cutter, torch and arc gouging.
  • Ability to identify welding defects and self QC.
  • Experience with hand, pneumatic and power tools.
  • Must be able to work with the team.
  • Capable of completing safety, production and quality control forms.
  • Capable of maintaining and operating welding machines.
  • Maintains safe and clean working environment by complying with procedures, rules, and regulations.
  • Requires operation of heavy equipment such as manlifts, forklifts or telehandlers on occasion.
  • Requires employee to use a computer, smart phone and other office equipment such as copiers and printers.

Requirements

  • High school diploma or GED required.
  • Must be fluent in English (speak, read & write).
  • Required to pass P1 and P15E tests in 6G position.
  • Minimum 5 years of vessel, tube and/or pipe welding experience.
  • Must have experience reading and understanding P&ID's & blueprints.
  • Must be capable of reading, interpreting and executing a weld procedure.
  • Requires employee to stand for at least 90% of the day.
  • Requires constant movement in different positions to accomplish tasks in various environments including confined spaces.
  • Must be able to lift 100 pounds.
  • Requires employee to frequently inspect equipment, climb stairs or ladders and must be able to maintain balance.
  • Must be able to communicate and respond to coworkers in the event of an emergency.
  • Requires work outdoors and in all weather conditions.
  • Requires work in a non-climate-controlled facility.
  • Requires work in loud environments.
  • Valid driver's license.
  • Clear drug screen, clear background screen & clear driving record.
  • Basic+ & TWIC required; OSHA 10 or 30 preferred.

Additional Information

  • Position may require travel and employee may be required to drive their own vehicle.
  • Position requires employee to wear all required PPE, including fire-retardant clothing, hard hat, face shields, hearing protection, safety goggles, steel-toed boots, where applicable.
  • Duties are subject to change at any time according to the needs of the location or company.
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How this job compares in Houston, TX

Pay in context

This employer didn't publish a rate. For reference, welding jobs in Houston, TX currently run a median of $27/hr in our index, with the middle half of them falling between $22–$37/hr across 86 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 Houston, TX

We're tracking 341 other active welding openings in Houston, TX right now, from 193 different employers. 95 of them were added in the last week. Across Texas as a whole we're tracking 1,256 other active welding openings from 597 employers. A metro this active generally means you have real leverage — employers here are competing for the same welders. Browse every welding job in Houston, or widen the search to Texas.

Texas Compression, LLC 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 Austin Industries (29), Welding Shop in Austin, TX (27), and Zachry Group (23). 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, Irving at $38/hr, and Pasadena at $37/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.

See all oil and gas 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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