Job Description

Overview

Austin Industrial is a leading provider of maintenance, construction, and soft craft services to industrial companies across the U.S. The Combination Welder role involves joining metal parts using various welding techniques as specified by layout and procedures.

Responsibilities

  • Use welding equipment to weld or tack weld pieces together.
  • Unite pipes from torch to tanks of oxygen and fuel gas and turn valves to release mixture.
  • Reach expected temperature, size, and color of flame by burning torch and adjusting flow of gas and air.
  • Preheat work pieces for welding or curving using torch.
  • Fill holes or correct mistakes in lead pieces and make bulges thin and curves in metal work pieces.
  • Check the weakness of work pieces and measure them to ensure they meet specifications.
  • Climb up ladders or work on scaffolds to take apart textures.
  • Give signal to crane operator to lift large work pieces.
  • Use thermal-cutting equipment to dismount metal assemblies or cut scrap metal.
  • Use hoist, crane, wire and banding machine, or hand tools to place and protect work pieces.
  • Choose place of weld based on type, thickness, area, and expected temperature of metal.
  • Instruct and bring flame or electrodes on or across work piece to straighten, curve, dissolve, or develop metal.
  • Join pieces together, cover up taut points, and add metal to develop parts.
  • Perform other duties as assigned.

Requirements

  • No minimum education requirements.
  • 3-5 years of Journeyman level experience.

Additional Information

  • No Third-Party Inquiries Please.
  • Accessibility Note: Contact the People Services Team for reasonable accommodation.
  • Physical demands include regular lifting of up to 25 pounds and frequent lifting of up to 50 pounds.

How this job compares in La Porte, TX

Pay in context

This employer didn't publish a rate. For reference, welding jobs across Texas currently run a median of $28/hr in our index, with the middle half of them falling between $23–$35/hr across 477 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 La Porte, TX

We're tracking 31 other active welding openings in La Porte, TX right now, from 13 different employers. 9 of them were added in the last week. Across Texas as a whole we're tracking 1,322 other active welding openings from 611 employers. A metro this active generally means you have real leverage — employers here are competing for the same welders. Browse every welding job in La Porte, or widen the search to Texas.

Austin Industries currently has 31 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 Austin Industries (31), Welding Shop in Austin, TX (27), and Zachry Group (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 San Angelo at $39/hr, La Porte at $38/hr, and Pasadena at $38/hr. La Porte is among them.

Similar openings near La Porte, TX

Pay figures are medians computed from live postings in the Welding Pros index, not from survey data, and they move as employers post. Combination Welder (La Porte, TX ) - Austin Industrial figures were last recalculated when this page was built.