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Overview

Our client is an established industrial contractor serving manufacturing, processing, and heavy industrial facilities across Texas and the surrounding region. They are seeking an experienced Industrial Pipefitter to join their second-shift crew in Burleson, TX, to fabricate, install, and maintain process piping systems in an active industrial environment.

Responsibilities

  • Read and interpret blueprints, P&IDs, and isometric drawings to plan piping layouts.
  • Measure, cut, thread, bevel, and fit carbon steel, stainless steel, and alloy pipe.
  • Install and align valves, flanges, fittings, supports, and hangers to specification.
  • Fit up pipe for welders and verify alignment and tolerances before welding.
  • Perform hydrostatic and pneumatic pressure testing of completed systems.
  • Operate hand tools, power tools, beveling machines, chain falls, and rigging equipment safely.
  • Troubleshoot, repair, and modify existing piping systems as needed.
  • Maintain a clean, organized, and safe work area at all times.
  • Follow all site safety policies, lockout/tagout procedures, and PPE requirements.
  • Communicate job progress and any issues to the shift Foreman.

Requirements

  • 3+ years of industrial pipefitting experience (manufacturing, plant, refinery, or process piping).
  • Ability to read and interpret blueprints, isometrics, and P&IDs.
  • Strong knowledge of pipe fitting math, layout, and measuring.
  • Experience with carbon steel and stainless steel piping systems.
  • Familiarity with rigging and safe material-handling practices.
  • Ability to work second shift consistently, plus overtime as needed.
  • Ability to lift 50+ lbs, climb ladders, work at heights, and work in confined spaces.
  • Strong safety mindset and attention to detail.
  • Reliable transportation and own hand tools.
  • High school diploma or GED preferred.

Benefits

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

Additional Information

  • Location: Burleson, TX – 100% on-site
  • Role Type: Full-Time, Second Shift

Benefits

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

Pay in context

At roughly $33/hr, this posting lands within a few percent of the $30/hr median for pipefitter jobs across Texas, whose middle half runs $29–$36/hr across 16 postings with published pay. Put another way, it pays more than about 75% 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 Edgecliff Village, TX

This is the only active welding job we're currently tracking in Edgecliff Village, 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 418 employers. Browse welding jobs across Texas.

Catapult Solutions Group currently has 1 other opening 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 TIG. 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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