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Job Description

Overview

We are looking for a Fitter/Welder with skills in dual-shield flux-core and hard wire welding on mild and stainless steel. This full-time position offers rapid advancement based on skills and requires a weld test.

Responsibilities

  • Fit various structural items.
  • Read a tape measure.
  • Perform some math skills.
  • Complete a weld test by fitting a T joint and welding a 1/4" weld with no flaws.
  • Lift heavy materials as required.

Requirements

  • Adept at dual-shield flux-core and hard wire welding.
  • Experience with mild steel and stainless steel.
  • Ability to speak English.

Additional Information

  • Located near Aldine Bender and Hardy Toll Road.
  • Small shop environment.
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How this job compares in Houston, TX

Pay in context

At roughly $20/hr, this posting comes in about 17% below the $24/hr median for welding jobs in Houston, TX, where the middle half runs $22–$33/hr across 63 postings with published pay. Put another way, it pays more than about 17% 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 Houston, TX

We're tracking 230 other active welding openings in Houston, TX right now, from 129 different employers. 4 of them were added in the last week. Across Texas as a whole we're tracking 953 other active welding openings from 418 employers. A metro this active generally means you have real leverage — employers here are competing for the same welders. Browse every welding job in Houston, or widen the search to Texas.

Welding Shop in Houston, TX currently has 22 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 (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 Flux-Core. Flux-cored (FCAW) runs a hollow wire filled with flux, combining MIG-like deposition rates with the outdoor tolerance of stick. It is the workhorse on heavy structural steel and shipbuilding, where thick sections and long welds reward speed.

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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. Fitter / Welder Needed $20/hr figures were last recalculated when this page was built.