Job Description

Overview

Epiroc is a global productivity partner for mining and construction customers, focusing on innovative and safe equipment and solutions for automation, digitalization, and electrification. The Assembler Welder 2 role involves performing welding and assembly operations on drilling rigs while adhering to safety guidelines and quality assurance methods.

Responsibilities

  • Weld components using blueprints.
  • Plan and lay out work from blueprints, drawings, or other written specifications.
  • Install and connect hydraulic controls, pumps, rams, and other system elements.
  • Mount, hook-up and connect engines, gear boxes, axles and other power components and units.
  • Maintain the cleanliness of the assembly area.
  • Detect and report defective materials, faulty operation, and unusual conditions to immediate Supervisor.
  • Select materials and processes to be applied.
  • Set up and adjust equipment.
  • Weld in vertical, horizontal, flat, and overhead positions to make items of various sizes and shapes.
  • Brazes, flame-cuts, beads, heat treats, pressure, and tack welds.
  • Use hand and power tools of the welding trade.
  • Use templates in measuring, marking, scribing, and cutting when necessary.
  • Follow prescribed safety regulations and guidelines.
  • Maintain work-related records and reports.
  • Perform other duties as required or directed.
  • Train new hires.
  • Complete appropriate paperwork for rejected parts.
  • Return leftover parts to Warehouse.
  • Chase parts and fill in necessary paperwork.

Requirements

  • High School Diploma or GED required, Welding School Certificate is preferred.
  • 2+ years of welding experience.
  • Knowledge of mechanical components/systems.
  • Knowledge of hydraulic components/systems.
  • Knowledge of electrical components/systems.
  • Basic knowledge of troubleshooting.
  • Basic computer skills including MS Office and ERP Systems.
  • Familiar with handling welding and assembly tools.
  • Knowledge of welding principles, weld drawings, and safe welding practices.
  • Knowledge of Lean Manufacturing preferred.
  • Able to use and comprehend specifications, blueprints, and schematics.

Benefits

  • Health Insurance
  • Dental
  • Vision
  • PTO
  • 401k
  • Short and long-term disability insurance
  • Life and AD&D insurance
  • Flexible Spending Accounts (FSAs) and Health Savings Account (HSA)
  • Employee Assistance Program
  • Tuition reimbursement program

Additional Information

  • Work Type: Onsite
  • Shift Timings: A Shift
  • The position is considered Safety Sensitive.
  • Regularly exposed to work near moving mechanical parts, fumes or airborne particles.
  • Regularly required to lift up to 25 pounds, frequently required to lift up to 50 pounds, and occasionally required to lift up to and in excess of 100 pounds.

Benefits

Health Insurance
Dental
Vision
PTO
401k
Short and long-term disability insurance
Life and AD&D insurance
Flexible Spending Accounts (FSAs) and Health Savings Account (HSA)
Employee Assistance Program
Tuition reimbursement program

How this job compares in Garland, 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 Garland, TX

We're tracking 19 other active welding openings in Garland, TX right now, from 11 different employers. 8 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 Garland, or widen the search to Texas.

Epiroc currently has 4 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 (32), 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. If you can relocate or commute, that spread is worth factoring in.

Similar openings near Garland, TX

Pay figures are medians computed from live postings in the Welding Pros index, not from survey data, and they move as employers post. Assembler Welder 2 figures were last recalculated when this page was built.