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Overview

Austin Industrial is a leading provider of maintenance, construction, and soft craft services to industrial companies across the U.S. The Welder Master position involves joining metal parts using various welding techniques as per specifications.

Responsibilities

  • Use welding equipment to weld or tack weld pieces together.
  • Unite pipes from torch to tanks of oxygen and fuel gas and adjust valves.
  • Reach expected temperature, size, and color of flame by adjusting gas and air flow.
  • Preheat work pieces using a torch for welding or curving.
  • Fill holes or correct mistakes in metal work pieces.
  • Check the weakness of work pieces and measure them to ensure specifications are met.
  • Climb ladders or work on scaffolds to take apart textures.
  • Signal crane operator to lift large work pieces.
  • Use thermal-cutting equipment to dismount metal assemblies or cut scrap metal.
  • Use hoist, crane, and hand tools to place and protect work pieces.
  • Choose weld locations based on type, thickness, area, and expected temperature of metal.
  • Instruct and bring flame or electrodes on work piece to manipulate metal.
  • Join pieces together and add metal to develop parts.
  • Perform other duties as assigned.

Requirements

  • No minimum education requirements.
  • 4 years of Journeyman-level experience required.
  • Must have a Weld Test, a Valid Driver’s License, and a TWIC Card.

Additional Information

  • This is a full-time position with a 1st Shift schedule working 9-hour shifts, Monday-Friday from 7:00am to 4:00pm.
  • No overnight travel is expected, but some occasional local day travel may be necessary.
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How this job compares in Bay City, TX

Pay in context

This employer didn't publish a rate. For reference, welding jobs across Texas currently run a median of $28/hr in our index, with the middle half of them falling between $23–$36/hr across 336 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 Bay City, TX

This is the only active welding job we're currently tracking in Bay City, 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 949 other active welding openings from 416 employers. Browse welding jobs across Texas.

Austin Industries currently has 33 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 (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.

Similar openings near Bay City, TX

Pay figures are medians computed from live postings in the Welding Pros index, not from survey data, and they move as employers post. Welder Master - Austin Industrial (Bay City, TX) figures were last recalculated when this page was built.