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Overview

MasTec’s Clean Energy and Infrastructure Group (CE&I) is a $2 billion annual revenue business unit providing construction services for various industrial facilities. The Combo Pipe Welder Journeyman will be responsible for joining metal components using multiple welding processes while adhering to safety and quality standards.

Responsibilities

  • Read and interpret project plans, blueprints, weld symbols, and other written instructions.
  • Follow project specifications and Quality Control program documents.
  • Perform GTAW, SMAW, FACW, GMAW and other mixed type of welds based on project needs.
  • Field install welds for structural components and various types of piping.
  • Select proper fillers for welding tasks based on specifications.
  • Prepare welding surfaces to achieve proper joint detail.
  • Assist pipe fitters with measurements and material preparation.
  • Communicate with Foreman regarding problems, materials, or hazards.
  • Work under production schedule pressure and attain set standards of accuracy.

Requirements

  • 4+ years related experience and/or training or equivalent combination of education and experience.
  • High School Diploma or GED Certification (preferred).
  • Knowledge of MIC Health and Safety programs and project specific regulations.
  • Ability to read and interpret safety rules and procedure manuals.
  • Basic math skills for measurements and calculations.
  • Ability to follow instructions in written or oral form.
  • Physical ability to perform hard physical work in varying temperatures.

Benefits

  • Health Insurance
  • Dental
  • Vision
  • 401k

Additional Information

  • This is a Full-Time position scheduled to work typically 50 hours per week.
  • Travel required up to 90%.

Benefits

Health Insurance
Dental
Vision
401k
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How this job compares in Abernathy, TX

Pay in context

At roughly $49/hr, this posting sits about 75% above the $28/hr median for welding jobs across Texas — toward the top of a $23–$36/hr middle band drawn from 439 postings with published pay. Put another way, it pays more than about 91% of the comparable postings we have wage data for. Pay that far above local median usually comes attached to something: a harder cert requirement, travel, night shift, or overtime that isn't really optional. Worth establishing which before you accept.

The local market in Abernathy, TX

Abernathy, TX currently has 4 other active welding openings besides this one, spread across 2 employers. None of them were added in the last week, so this is a slower-moving market. Across Texas as a whole we're tracking 1,287 other active welding openings from 582 employers. That's enough local activity to be worth comparing two or three offers before committing. Browse every welding job in Abernathy, 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 Arlington at $40/hr, Pasadena at $37/hr, and Dallas 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, 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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Pay figures are medians computed from live postings in the Welding Pros index, not from survey data, and they move as employers post. Combo Pipe Welder Journeyman figures were last recalculated when this page was built.