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Overview

The Day Shift-Pipe Welder position in Port Arthur, TX requires relocation or daily commute and involves assembling and welding pipe components. Candidates must have at least 5 years of pipe welding experience and be able to pass specific welding tests.

Responsibilities

  • Assemble pipe components by tacking them in place prior to welding.
  • Confirm squareness and configuration of all joints fit-up.
  • Ensure pipe joints are aligned properly.
  • Build pipe spool according to isometric drawings.
  • Verify correct length, material, type, and grade of pipe and fittings.
  • Retrieve material and ensure it corresponds with parts list.
  • Lift pipe with crane to fit-up bench.
  • Perform welding, cutting, grinding, measurement, and layout.
  • Weld joints and grind out temporary tacks.
  • Position pieces to be welded.
  • Purge pipe to be welded.
  • Record filler rod heat numbers.
  • Identify own welds by etching a weld number next to the joint.
  • Inspect welds and make corrections if needed.
  • Keep work area clean and organized.
  • Conduct work safely and follow all safety procedures.

Requirements

  • Minimum 5 years on-the-job welding experience.
  • Ability to pass X-Ray and weld multiple processes.
  • Ability to MIG root with down-hill progression and Flux core fill and cap with up-hill progression.
  • TIG out with all passes being up-hill progression.
  • Ability to read and interpret safety rules and procedure manuals.
  • Ability to write routine reports and correspondence.
  • Ability to speak effectively before groups.
  • Ability to calculate figures and amounts.
  • Ability to apply common sense understanding to carry out detailed instructions.
  • Ability to deal with problems involving concrete variables.

Additional Information

  • Location: Port Arthur, TX.
  • Shift: Day Shift is 4-10 hour days, Monday - Thursday.
  • Payrate: $37.90 an hour.
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How this job compares in Port Arthur, TX

Pay in context

At roughly $38/hr, this posting lands within a few percent of the $37/hr median for pipe welder jobs across Texas, whose middle half runs $32–$39/hr across 28 postings with published pay. Put another way, it pays more than about 54% 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 Port Arthur, TX

Port Arthur, TX is a small market in our index: 2 other active welding openings alongside this one, from 2 employers. Across Texas as a whole we're tracking 949 other active welding openings from 415 employers. With this few local postings, most welders here end up either commuting or looking at travel work. 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 (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 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, TIG, and Flux-Core 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. Day Shift-Pipe Welder figures were last recalculated when this page was built.