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Overview

Austin Industrial, an industry leader for over 60 years, provides maintenance, construction, and soft craft services to industrial companies across the U.S. The Combo Welder role involves joining metal parts through various welding techniques as specified by layouts, blueprints, or instructions.

Responsibilities

  • Use welding equipment to weld or tack weld pieces together.
  • Unite pipes from torch to tanks of oxygen and fuel gas.
  • Adjust flow of gas and air to reach expected flame temperature and size.
  • Preheat work pieces using a torch.
  • Fill holes or correct mistakes in metal work pieces.
  • Check the weakness of work pieces and measure them to ensure specifications.
  • Climb ladders or work on scaffolds to take apart textures.
  • Signal crane operators to lift large work pieces.
  • Use thermal-cutting equipment to cut scrap metal.
  • Use tools to place and protect work pieces.
  • Choose weld locations based on metal type and thickness.
  • Instruct and apply flame or electrodes to manipulate metal.
  • Join pieces together and add metal to develop parts.
  • Perform other duties as assigned.

Requirements

  • No minimum education requirements.
  • Weld Test, TWIC, and DL certifications required.
  • 3-5 years of Journeyman level experience required.

Additional Information

  • Applicants must be legally authorized to work in the U.S.
  • Austin is unable to sponsor or take over sponsorship of an employment visa for this position.
  • Employees must be able to perform physical tasks including lifting up to 50 pounds.
  • Work may be performed in industrial and construction environments.
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How this job compares in La Porte, 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 La Porte, TX

We're tracking 34 other active welding openings in La Porte, TX right now, from 11 different employers. 5 of them were added in the last week. Across Texas as a whole we're tracking 1,245 other active welding openings from 549 employers. A metro this active generally means you have real leverage — employers here are competing for the same welders. Browse every welding job in La Porte, or widen the search to Texas.

Austin Industries currently has 38 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 (38), 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 La Porte, TX

Pay figures are medians computed from live postings in the Welding Pros index, not from survey data, and they move as employers post. Combo Welder (La Porte, Tx) Austin Industrial figures were last recalculated when this page was built.