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Overview

The Structural Welder position involves planning, laying out, welding, installing, and repairing various structural steel products according to industry standards and specifications. The role requires intermediate experience and includes various welding processes and responsibilities.

Responsibilities

  • Perform welding on various materials using different welding processes, including GTAW, SMAW, FCAW, GMAW, and SAW.
  • Lay out, position, fit, and weld various structural components in accordance with supplied fabrication drawings.
  • Set up, troubleshoot, and operate welding machines according to job specifications and procedures.
  • Adjust valves, gauges, and flames as needed and handle compressed gas and oxygen cylinders safely.
  • Operate air arc gouger, grinder, and other industry machines, tools, and equipment.

Requirements

  • May require a high school diploma or its equivalent with previous years of experience in the field or in a related area.
  • Must possess working knowledge skills and abilities for the position.
  • Ability to understand, follow, and transmit written and oral instructions and communicate effectively with management.
  • Ability to use hand tools, power tools, and layout tools safely and efficiently.
  • Able to meet all physical requirements.
  • Must have all required tools.
  • Expected to climb and work at heights and in confined spaces (may exceed 200 ft).
  • Able to work outdoors in all weather conditions.
  • Able to work overtime, nights, and weekends as required by the workload.
  • Observe and comply with all safety and project rules.
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How this job compares in Ingleside, TX

Pay in context

This employer didn't publish a rate. For reference, structural welder jobs across Texas currently run a median of $31/hr in our index, with the middle half of them falling between $28–$35/hr across 24 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 Ingleside, TX

Ingleside, TX is a small market in our index: 1 other active welding opening alongside this one, from 1 employer. Across Texas as a whole we're tracking 1,256 other active welding openings from 562 employers. With this few local postings, most welders here end up either commuting or looking at travel work. Browse welding jobs across Texas.

Kiewit 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 Austin Industries (34), Welding Shop in Austin, TX (27), and Zachry Group (23). 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 Pasadena at $36/hr, Dallas at $35/hr, and Midlothian at $35/hr. If you can relocate or commute, that spread is worth factoring in.

What you'll be running

This posting calls for MIG, TIG, Stick, and Flux-Core work. 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. TIG (GTAW) uses a non-consumable tungsten electrode with filler added by hand, giving the operator the most control of any process. It is slow, demanding, and the standard for stainless, aluminum, and anything where the bead has to look as good as it holds.

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