Job Description

Overview

The Welder position at MICA Steelworks in Euless, Texas involves fitting, joining, fabricating, and repairing metal and other weldable materials under the direction of the Welding Lead. The role requires consistent production of quality welds and collaboration with supervisors to meet customer specifications and production schedules.

Responsibilities

  • Perform welding duties using a wire welder.
  • Weld steel components according to layouts, engineering drawings, work orders, or verbal instructions.
  • Weld in various directions: flat and horizontal.
  • Set up and lay out work using jigs/fixtures or hand layouts to fabricate parts and/or rework finished products.
  • Assist fitters or fitters/welders in the fabrication or welding of multi-component parts.
  • Operate forklifts, hoists, hand power tools, slings, grinders, cutting torch, and other hand tools.
  • Inspect and correct welds to meet product specifications.
  • Examine work pieces for defects and measure them to ensure conformance with specifications.
  • Perform job-specific procedures such as clamping, holding, tack-welding, heat bending, grinding, or bolting component parts.
  • Read, understand, and follow job order specifications, engineering drawings, and/or work orders.
  • Cross-train and perform the work of other job tasks as assigned.
  • Maintain functionality of equipment and quality welds.
  • Maintain production levels as determined by the supervisor.
  • Display a positive attitude and willingness to learn in a changing environment.
  • Operate equipment safely and maintain safe working habits.

Requirements

  • High School Diploma or GED.
  • 1 to 2 years of welding experience required.
  • Overhead and Jib crane experience needed.
  • Passing 2G test, T-Joint test, and Carbon Air Arc test results.
  • Knowledge of various welder concepts, practices, and procedures.
  • Understanding of welding symbols, diagrams, and blueprints.
  • Ability to use welding equipment such as torches and Air Arc.
  • Ability to work in extreme temperatures.
  • Ability to work additional hours as needed.

Benefits

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

Additional Information

  • Location: MICA Steelworks Euless, Texas Plant.
  • Current Shifts: Monday - Friday, 3:30 PM - 2:00 AM with Saturday as needed.
  • Full-time shop exposure.
  • Perform work standing up for 8-10 hours per day and up to 6 days a week.
  • Must be able to frequently lift and/or move up to 75 lbs.

Benefits

401k
Health Insurance
Dental
Vision
PTO

How this job compares in Euless, TX

Pay in context

This employer didn't publish a rate. For reference, welding jobs across Texas currently run a median of $29/hr in our index, with the middle half of them falling between $23–$38/hr across 417 postings with published pay. That median is a reasonable floor to anchor on when a recruiter asks what you're looking for.

The local market in Euless, TX

Euless, TX currently has 3 other active welding openings besides this one, spread across 3 employers. None of them were added in the last week, so this is a slower-moving market. Across Texas as a whole we're tracking 1,245 other active welding openings from 549 employers. That's enough local activity to be worth comparing two or three offers before committing. Browse every welding job in Euless, or widen the search to Texas.

MICA Steelworks currently has 2 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 (39), Zachry Group (30), 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, Arlington at $39/hr, and Dallas at $36/hr. If you can relocate or commute, that spread is worth factoring in.

Similar openings near Euless, TX

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