MIG Welder 1G | IMMEDIATE CONSIDERATION
Location
Fort Worth, TX
Wage
$49,400 – $61,750/yr
Employment Type
Full-time
Required Skills & Certifications
Posted on September 24, 2026
Location
Fort Worth, TX
Wage
$49,400 – $61,750/yr
Employment Type
Full-time
Posted on September 24, 2026
Production MIG Welder Location: Fort Worth, TX area (Candidates must live within 15–20 miles / ~30–40 min commute)
Pay Rate: $20.00 – $24.00 / hr (Determined by weld test and bend test results) + $1.00 2nd shift differential
Available Shifts:
The Opportunity A premier metal fabrication plant in Fort Worth is hiring experienced MIG Welders for immediate positions. If you take pride in clean, high-quality welds and thrive in a high-volume production environment, we want to see what you can do on the torch.
Key Responsibilities • Perform quality MIG welds on production components according to welding procedure specifications (WPS).
Requirements • Experience: Minimum 1+ year of MIG welding experience required (2+ years preferred).
Interview & Testing Process All candidates must undergo an in-person evaluation. Please bring your own PPE: steel-toe boots, welding hood, gloves, and safety glasses.
Written Exam (Pass mark: 70%+): Covers tape measure reading, blueprint interpretation, and weld symbols.
Physical Weld Test: 1G MIG weld test (Single V-Groove with backing). Evaluated on machine setup and visual defect inspection.
Bend Test: Physical test samples will undergo lab bend testing (results take approximately 1 week before official offers are finalized).
Ready to show us your skills? Apply today!
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salary: $49,400 - $61,750 per year shift: First work hours: 8 AM - 4 PM education: No Degree Required
Responsibilities
MIG 1g welding
Skills • Mig (1 year of experience is required) • Weld Procedure Specification • 1G welding (6 months of experience is required) Qualifications • Years of experience: 1 year • Experience level: Entry Level Randstad is a world leader in matching great people with great companies. Our experienced agents will listen carefully to your employment needs and then work diligently to match your skills and qualifications to the right job and company. Whether you're looking for temporary, temporary-to-permanent or permanent opportunities, no one works harder for you than Randstad.
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Pay offered to a successful candidate will be based on several factors including the candidate's education, work experience, work location, specific job duties, certifications, etc. In addition, Randstad offers a comprehensive benefits package, including: medical, prescription, dental, vision, AD&D, and life insurance offerings, short-term disability, and a 401K plan (all benefits are based on eligibility).
This posting is open for thirty (30) days.
At roughly $27/hr, this posting sits about 16% above the $23/hr median for welding jobs in Fort Worth, TX — toward the top of a $22–$31/hr middle band drawn from 15 postings with published pay. Put another way, it pays more than about 67% of the comparable postings we have wage data for. Pay that far above local median usually comes attached to something: a harder cert requirement, travel, night shift, or overtime that isn't really optional. Worth establishing which before you accept.
We're tracking 26 other active welding openings in Fort Worth, TX right now, from 17 different employers. 9 of them were added in the last week. Across Texas as a whole we're tracking 1,025 other active welding openings from 477 employers. A metro this active generally means you have real leverage — employers here are competing for the same welders. Browse every welding job in Fort Worth, or widen the search to Texas.
Randstad USA currently has 6 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.
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.
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 1G | IMMEDIATE CONSIDERATION figures were last recalculated when this page was built.