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Job Description

Overview

The Maintenance Welder performs repairs and maintenance on vehicle floors, bodies, packing blades, rails, and fabrication at Republic Services, a leader in the environmental services industry.

Responsibilities

  • Cuts/welds repairs to vehicle floors, bodies, packing blades, rails, and fabrication.
  • Welds steel and aluminum components using Mig and arc welding equipment.
  • Bends steel components using a break and shear.
  • Cuts steel using a plasma cutter or torch.
  • Fabricates steel components on trucks.
  • Follows all safety policies and procedures.
  • Completes required paperwork.
  • Performs other job-related duties as assigned.

Requirements

  • Minimum of 1 year welding experience.
  • Attention to Detail – Notices the small things that others often overlook.
  • Communication – Provides supervisors and co-workers with necessary information.
  • Customer Service – Acts in a professional, courteous, and cooperative manner.
  • Dependability – Follows through and adheres to the established work schedule.
  • Ethics – Adheres to the policies and rules set forth by Republic Services.
  • Safety Orientation – Follows and promotes safety rules and procedures.
  • Troubleshooting – Diagnoses existing problems and predicts potential issues.
  • Valid driver’s license.

Benefits

  • Health Insurance
  • Dental
  • Vision
  • PTO
  • Short- and long-term disability
  • Life insurance
  • Accidental death & dismemberment insurance
  • Employee and Family Assistance Program (EAP)
  • Employee discount programs
  • 401k

Benefits

Health Insurance
Dental
Vision
PTO
Short- and long-term disability
Life insurance
Accidental death & dismemberment insurance
Employee and Family Assistance Program (EAP)
Employee discount programs
401k
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How this job compares in Houston, TX

Pay in context

This employer didn't publish a rate. For reference, welding jobs in Houston, TX currently run a median of $24/hr in our index, with the middle half of them falling between $22–$33/hr across 64 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 Houston, TX

We're tracking 230 other active welding openings in Houston, TX right now, from 129 different employers. 9 of them were added in the last week. Across Texas as a whole we're tracking 948 other active welding openings from 418 employers. A metro this active generally means you have real leverage — employers here are competing for the same welders. Browse every welding job in Houston, or widen the search to Texas.

Republic Services currently has 6 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), Zachry Group (24), and Welding Shop in Houston, TX (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 Old Sixth Ward at $40/hr, Dallas at $36/hr, and Channelview at $32/hr. If you can relocate or commute, that spread is worth factoring in.

What you'll be running

This posting calls for MIG. 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.

Similar openings near Houston, TX

Pay figures are medians computed from live postings in the Welding Pros index, not from survey data, and they move as employers post. Maintenance Shop Welders figures were last recalculated when this page was built.