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MIG and FCAW Welder

Location

Lubbock, TX

Wage

$18 – $20/hr

Employment Type

Full-time

Required Skills & Certifications

MIG WeldingFlux-Core Welding
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Posted on October 23, 2026

Job Description

WELDER | MIG / FLUX CORE WELDERLocation: Lubbock, TXPay: $17.50-$18.00/hour + $1.00/hour attendance incentiveSchedule: Full-Time | Monday-Friday, 7:00 AM-5:00 PM | Saturday mornings as neededSnelling is recruiting experienced Welders for a well-established Lubbock-area industrial employer. This is an excellent opportunity for dependable, skilled welders looking for steady, full-time work, consistent hours, overtime opportunities, and long-term employment with a growing company.We are seeking all-purpose Welders with hands-on welding and fabrication experience. Candidates with Flux Core Arc Welding (FCAW) experience are especially encouraged to apply. Successful candidates will be comfortable working in an industrial or manufacturing environment and producing quality welds while…

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How this job compares in Lubbock, TX

Pay in context

At roughly $19/hr, this posting comes in about 14% below the $22/hr median for MIG welder jobs across Texas, where the middle half runs $19–$23/hr across 10 postings with published pay. Put another way, it pays more than about 20% 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 Lubbock, TX

Lubbock, TX is a small market in our index: 1 other active welding opening alongside this one, from 1 employer. Across Texas as a whole we're tracking 953 other active welding openings from 418 employers. With this few local postings, most welders here end up either commuting or looking at travel work. Browse welding jobs across Texas.

Snelling currently has 4 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.

See all MIG welder openings if you want to compare this against similar roles.

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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. MIG and FCAW Welder figures were last recalculated when this page was built.