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Job Description

Overview

The Welder's primary responsibility is TIG and MIG welding of aluminum and steel parts, ensuring safety, accuracy, and timeliness in the welding area.

Responsibilities

  • Plans details of work order procedures and gathers required tools and materials.
  • Repairs and fabricates various items and equipment using cutting, burning, and welding techniques.
  • Prepares, assembles, and tacks weld parts and surfaces to be welded.
  • Maintains, organizes, and cleans equipment and the work area.
  • Familiarizes with proper lifting and turning procedures.
  • Operates machinery safely as trained and authorized.
  • Wears required safety equipment at all times.
  • Performs other related duties as assigned.

Requirements

  • 1 year of MIG welding experience (Required)
  • 2 years of welding experience (Preferred)
  • 1 year of TIG welding experience (Required)
  • Ability to use a 1-2 lbs. hammer.
  • Physically able to lift 50 lbs.
  • Ability to perform the job in a standing position for a length of shift.
  • Detail-oriented with a strong work ethic.
  • Ability to take direction, both verbally and written.
  • Ability to speak and read in either English or Spanish.
  • Possess basic mathematical skills.

Benefits

  • 401k
  • Health Insurance
  • Dental
  • Vision
  • PTO

Additional Information

  • Full-time position with expected hours of 40 per week.
  • Work schedule is Monday to Friday.
  • Work location is in person.

Benefits

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

Pay in context

At roughly $17/hr, this posting comes in about 39% below the $28/hr median for welding jobs across Texas, where the middle half runs $23–$35/hr across 341 postings with published pay. Put another way, it pays more than about 2% of the comparable postings we have wage data for. That gap is worth raising directly — in a market this size there is normally room to negotiate toward the median, particularly if you already hold the certifications the posting asks for.

The local market in Comfort, TX

This is the only active welding job we're currently tracking in Comfort, 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 953 other active welding openings from 417 employers. Browse welding jobs across Texas.

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 and TIG 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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