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Job Description

Overview

The MIG Welder position involves MIG welding trailer tube frames and sheet metal boxes in a fast-paced manufacturing environment. Candidates must be able to adapt to changing conditions while maintaining high quality standards.

Responsibilities

  • MIG weld trailer tube frames and sheet metal boxes.
  • Pass a MIG weld test.
  • Adapt to a fast-paced and continually changing environment.

Requirements

  • Experience in a manufacturing or production shop.
  • Ability to read a tape measure.
  • Ability to read blue prints/mechanical prints.
  • Must be able to pass a weld test at the interview.
  • Great attention to detail required.
  • Must be available for overtime when necessary.

Additional Information

  • Apply in person from 7:00 AM to 2:00 PM, Monday to Friday.
  • Bring a hood to take the welding test.
  • Location: Riddle Metal Works, 11501 Hillguard Road, Dallas, TX 75243.
  • Contact number: 972-272-3500.
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How this job compares in Dallas, TX

Pay in context

This employer didn't publish a rate. For reference, welding jobs in Dallas, TX currently run a median of $35/hr in our index, with the middle half of them falling between $26–$39/hr across 32 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 Dallas, TX

We're tracking 81 other active welding openings in Dallas, TX right now, from 46 different employers. 10 of them were added in the last week. Across Texas as a whole we're tracking 1,009 other active welding openings from 474 employers. A metro this active generally means you have real leverage — employers here are competing for the same welders. Browse every welding job in Dallas, 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 (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. Dallas is among them.

What you'll be running

This posting calls for MIG. 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.

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

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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. MIG Welder figures were last recalculated when this page was built.