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Job Description

Overview

The Welder position involves providing welding and painting repairs and maintenance for commercial containers and facilities, along with the transportation of these containers as needed.

Responsibilities

  • Repair, paint and maintain commercial containers.
  • Use welding equipment to repair all sizes of commercial containers.
  • Fabricate parts as needed for repairs.
  • Perform minor repairs, painting, installations, or other tasks at the Solid Waste and Recycling Services site.
  • Keep in contact with internal and external customers by telephone.
  • Transport commercial containers needing paint or repair to the shop or holding area.
  • Deliver new or repaired containers to customers.
  • Turn in completed work orders indicating finished repairs to containers to Customer Service.
  • Drive and operate forklift truck.
  • Pick up service orders for delivery or exchange of commercial containers.

Requirements

  • Ability to obtain Class B Texas Commercial Driver’s License within 6 months of hire.
  • 1+ years’ experience operating as a commercial welder.
  • 2-4 years of experience welding fabrication and painting preferred.
  • Current and valid welding certification is preferred but not required.
  • Ability to read and write, read maps and perform basic math.
  • Advanced skill in MIG, TIG and stick welding.
  • Skill in air arc gouging.
  • Skill in utilizing a cutting torch.
  • Skill in utilizing a plasma cutter.
  • Skill in aluminum and various metal welding.

Additional Information

  • Work Schedule: Monday - Friday, 7:00 AM - 3:30 PM.
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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–$36/hr across 440 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 12 other active welding openings in Garland, TX right now, from 8 different employers. 6 of them were added in the last week. Across Texas as a whole we're tracking 1,287 other active welding openings from 582 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.

The most active employers in Texas at the moment, by number of open welding reqs, are Austin Industries (35), Welding Shop in Austin, TX (25), and Zachry Group (22). 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 Abernathy at $45/hr, Arlington at $40/hr, and Pasadena at $37/hr. If you can relocate or commute, that spread is worth factoring in.

What you'll be running

This posting calls for MIG, TIG, and Stick 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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