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Job Description

Overview

We are looking for a skilled, dependable, and detail-oriented Handyman / Multi-Trade Craftsman to join our team in Central Texas. This position emphasizes welding experience and offers top-tier compensation for high-quality workmanship.

Responsibilities

  • Build, repair, and install custom wood, chain-link, and metal/ornamental fences and gates.
  • Construct, repair, and refinish wood and composite decks, including framing, joist layout, and surface installation.
  • Fabricate, repair, and install structural metal components, gates, frames, and custom metalwork on-site and in the shop.
  • Perform interior and exterior painting, staining, touch-ups, and surface preparation.
  • Execute various residential and light commercial repair tasks with high efficiency and superior craftsmanship.

Requirements

  • Professional attitude and reliable transportation.
  • Strong work ethic, punctuality, and the ability to work independently or lead a small crew.

Additional Information

  • Full-Time / Part-Time options available.
  • Location: Central Texas (Austin / Round Rock / Cedar Park area).
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How this job compares in Austin, TX

Pay in context

At roughly $30/hr, this posting lands within a few percent of the $30/hr median for welding jobs in Austin, TX, whose middle half runs $27–$37/hr across 24 postings with published pay. Put another way, it pays more than about 63% 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 Austin, TX

We're tracking 30 other active welding openings in Austin, TX right now, from 10 different employers. 4 of them were added in the last week. Across Texas as a whole we're tracking 976 other active welding openings from 439 employers. A metro this active generally means you have real leverage — employers here are competing for the same welders. Browse every welding job in Austin, or widen the search to Texas.

Welding Shop in Austin, TX currently has 21 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 (33), Zachry Group (21), and Welding Shop in Austin, TX (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 Old Sixth Ward at $40/hr, Pasadena at $36/hr, and Dallas at $33/hr. If you can relocate or commute, that spread is worth factoring in.

Similar openings near Austin, TX

Pay figures are medians computed from live postings in the Welding Pros index, not from survey data, and they move as employers post. Fence Deck Skilled Multi-Trade Handyman & Fabricator / Welder figures were last recalculated when this page was built.