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Job Description

Overview

Structured Trades is seeking experienced Commercial DX Pipefitters for commercial HVAC projects in the Austin, Texas area. This position is ideal for pipefitters with experience installing, brazing, and soldering copper refrigerant piping for new commercial construction.

Responsibilities

  • Braze and solder copper refrigerant piping for commercial HVAC DX systems
  • Install, fit, and support copper piping according to project specifications
  • Read and interpret mechanical blueprints and drawings
  • Measure, cut, prepare, and assemble copper piping
  • Pressure test piping systems and identify leaks
  • Work safely with torches and brazing equipment
  • Follow all OSHA and company safety standards
  • Coordinate with foremen and other trades to complete projects on schedule

Requirements

  • Minimum 3 years of commercial HVAC piping experience
  • Strong experience brazing and soldering copper refrigerant piping
  • Ability to read mechanical drawings and blueprints
  • Experience with commercial new construction projects
  • Reliable transportation and basic hand tools
  • OSHA 10 preferred but not required

Benefits

  • Competitive pay based on experience
  • Weekly pay
  • Full-time, long-term work
  • Overtime opportunities available
  • Health Insurance
  • Dental
  • Vision

Additional Information

  • Text DXATX to 512-866-1198 for more details.
  • Work Location: In person

Benefits

Competitive pay based on experience
Weekly pay
Full-time, long-term work
Overtime opportunities available
Health Insurance
Dental
Vision
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How this job compares in Austin, TX

Pay in context

At roughly $28/hr, this posting lands within a few percent of the $30/hr median for pipefitter jobs in Austin, TX, whose middle half runs $30–$36/hr across 8 postings with published pay. Put another way, it pays more than about 0% 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 34 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 1,009 other active welding openings from 475 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.

Structured Trades currently has 5 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 (27), Austin Industries (26), and Welding Shop in Houston, TX (21). 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 $36/hr, and Dallas at $35/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 Pipefitter figures were last recalculated when this page was built.