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Job Description

Overview

The Combo Welder must be trained in various welding processes and be able to set up equipment to weld pipe, plate, or structural steel. The role requires working from blueprints and specifications while ensuring quality work and safety.

Responsibilities

  • Prepare materials to be welded and weld components
  • Perform maintenance on welding torches and equipment
  • Perform simple piping installations and repairs
  • Assist other mechanics or craft workers as needed

Requirements

  • Must be trained in arc welding and oxy-fuel welding
  • Ability to set up equipment and weld using various welding techniques
  • Must learn and understand safety hazards related to the work
  • Ability to operate work-related tools and equipment
  • Physical ability to move throughout active construction sites and handle materials weighing up to 50 pounds
  • Mental ability to communicate effectively and perform mathematical calculations
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How this job compares in Lomax, TX

Pay in context

At roughly $17/hr, this posting comes in about 40% 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 Lomax, TX

Lomax, TX currently has 3 other active welding openings besides this one, spread across 2 employers. 1 of them was added in the last week. Across Texas as a whole we're tracking 953 other active welding openings from 417 employers. That's enough local activity to be worth comparing two or three offers before committing. Browse every welding job in Lomax, or widen the search to 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.

Similar openings near Lomax, 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 - Combo figures were last recalculated when this page was built.