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Overview

We are looking for highly motivated GMAW and FCAW welders to join our winning team at a top tier manufacturer of API and ASME Pressure Vessels and Tanks. We offer competitive wages and exceptional benefits to our employees.

Responsibilities

  • Work on various tank products, mostly on ASME & API Product lines.
  • Perform GMAW (MIG) and FCAW (Flux core) welding.
  • Read and interpret blueprint drawings.
  • Use a measuring tape with accuracy.
  • Perform accurate layouts on vessels and tanks.
  • Fit-up and weld open root full penetration welds on both plate and pipe.
  • Pass ASME Section IX welder qualification test.
  • Work as a team member with other welders.
  • Take direction and instruction from supervisors and quality members.
  • Work within a heavy fabrication environment.
  • Use Oxyacetylene cutting torches and/or plasma cutter.
  • Weld mostly in the 1G (flat) position and occasionally in the 4G (overhead) position.
  • Wear required PPE supplied by the company.
  • Lift 50lbs as required.
  • Stand, climb, stoop, and bend for extended periods.
  • Pass a 3G & 4G weld test on test plate in accordance with ASME Section IX requirements.

Requirements

  • Skilled in GMAW (MIG) and FCAW (Flux core) welding.
  • 1 year of welding experience required.
  • Ability to read and interpret blueprint drawings.
  • Ability to use a measuring tape with accuracy.
  • Ability to perform accurate layouts on vessels and tanks.
  • Ability to fit-up and weld open root full penetration welds on both plate and pipe.
  • Ability to pass ASME Section IX welder qualification test.
  • Ability to work as a team member.
  • Ability to take direction and instruction.
  • Ability to work within a heavy fabrication environment.
  • Ability to use Oxyacetylene cutting torches and/or plasma cutter.
  • Ability to lift 50lbs.
  • Ability to stand, climb, stoop, and bend for extended periods.

Benefits

  • Health Insurance
  • Dental
  • Vision
  • PTO

Additional Information

  • Location: Kerrville, TX
  • Work schedule includes 10 hour and 12 hour shifts.
  • Day shift available.

Benefits

Health Insurance
Dental
Vision
PTO
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How this job compares in Kerrville, TX

Pay in context

At roughly $42/hr, this posting sits about 49% above the $28/hr median for welding jobs across Texas — toward the top of a $23–$35/hr middle band drawn from 341 postings with published pay. Put another way, it pays more than about 90% of the comparable postings we have wage data for. Pay that far above local median usually comes attached to something: a harder cert requirement, travel, night shift, or overtime that isn't really optional. Worth establishing which before you accept.

The local market in Kerrville, TX

This is the only active welding job we're currently tracking in Kerrville, 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.

Welding Shop in San Antonio, TX currently has 3 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 (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 MIG 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. 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.

Certifications this posting mentions

  • ASME Section IX — the ASME Boiler and Pressure Vessel Code qualification. It covers welding on pressure-retaining equipment — boilers, vessels, and process piping — where a failed weld is a safety incident rather than a rework ticket.
  • 3G / 4G — plate position tests — 3G is welded vertically, 4G overhead. Together they demonstrate you can hold a puddle against gravity, and they are the common entry qualifications for structural and production shops.

Read straight from this posting's text. Confirm the exact qualification the employer wants before you test — requirements vary by shop even under the same code.

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