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Job Description

Overview

MasTec Utility Services delivers critical infrastructure construction and engineering services for power delivery, gas, and water customers. The Welder is responsible for installing and welding natural gas, steel pipelines, and fittings, supporting the Line team in the construction, maintenance, replacement, and repair of natural gas distribution infrastructure.

Responsibilities

  • Develops welding plan by analyzing print specs and determining appropriate welding techniques.
  • Operates company equipment safely.
  • Maintains safe work environment by following procedures and complying with safety standards.
  • Constructs components by using equipment to cut, clean, and weld after setting-up and measuring assemblies and selecting appropriate method.
  • Verifies welding results by inspecting and testing welds.
  • Keeps equipment operating by following operating instructions, troubleshooting breakdowns, maintaining supplies, and performing preventive maintenance.

Requirements

  • High school diploma or equivalent.
  • 6-12 months of related experience in Construction or equivalent combination of training and experience.
  • Ability to work in inclement weather at times.
  • Ability to meet physical demands.
  • Take reasonable care of your own and others' health and safety.
  • Ability to take personal responsibility for working toward company 'Zero Injury' principles.
  • Read and interpret documents such as safety rules, operating and maintenance instructions, and procedure manuals.
  • Ability to perform basic arithmetic operations.
  • Ability to understand units of force, pressure and torque and apply appropriate tooling adjustments.
  • Ability to carry out written and verbal instructions.
  • Ability to work within precise standards of accuracy and follow set procedures and standards.
  • Ability to work schedule Monday through Friday 7am - 5:30pm.

Benefits

  • Health Insurance
  • Dental
  • Vision
  • Disability
  • Life Insurance
  • 401k

Additional Information

  • This job operates in a shop and field environment.
  • Must be able to bend and lift and carry up to 50 pounds.
  • Clarity of vision at 20 feet or more or 20 inches or less, with the ability to judge distance and space relationships.
  • Precise hand-eye coordination.
  • Ability to identify and distinguish colors.

Benefits

Health Insurance
Dental
Vision
Disability
Life Insurance
401k
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How this job compares in Atascosa, TX

Pay in context

At roughly $29/hr, this posting lands within a few percent of the $27/hr median for welding jobs across Texas, whose middle half runs $22–$34/hr across 363 postings with published pay. Put another way, it pays more than about 61% of the comparable postings we have wage data for. In other words it is a market-rate offer, so benefits, overtime, and shift schedule are where the real difference between this and the next posting on the list shows up.

The local market in Atascosa, TX

This is the only active welding job we're currently tracking in Atascosa, TX, which makes it worth moving on quickly — there is no local competing offer to weigh it against. Across Texas as a whole we're tracking 999 other active welding openings from 453 employers. Browse welding jobs across Texas.

The most active employers in Texas at the moment, by number of open welding reqs, are Austin Industries (30), Welding Shop in Austin, TX (25), 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 Pasadena at $36/hr, Channelview at $32/hr, and Dallas at $31/hr. If you can relocate or commute, that spread is worth factoring in.

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