Job Description

Overview

The Pipe Welder Journeyman is responsible for planning, laying out, welding, installing, testing, and repairing various types of pipe and tubular products according to industry standards and specifications. This skilled position requires precision and coordination with field labor crews to ensure efficient installations.

Responsibilities

  • Plan, diagram, and lay out for pipe welder’s work.
  • Coordinate with field labor crew for efficient installations.
  • Position the weld setup, fit the piping, and perform welds with high precision independently.
  • Lay out and assemble pipes accurately according to production standards and specifications.
  • Make welding repairs and address substandard welds.
  • Assist with coordination of any pre-fabrication layout or installation.
  • Assist with rigging of material.
  • Operate air arc gouger, grinder, stress relieving machine, and other industry tools and equipment.
  • Estimate sizes, distances, and quantities needed for work activities.
  • Inspect subordinate's work for compliance with contract plans and specifications, and take corrective actions as needed.

Requirements

  • May require a high school diploma or equivalent with previous experience in the field.
  • Must pass a weld test with quality.
  • Ability to pass pre-access drug and alcohol testing, fit-for-duty medical, and background check.
  • Observe and comply with all safety and project rules.

Additional Information

  • Must be able to stand, walk, sit, reach, stoop, kneel, crouch, and/or crawl.
  • Constantly works in a construction environment and will be exposed to changing outdoor weather conditions.
  • Work irregular hours, weekends, overtime, and holidays as required.
  • May need to use ladders, mechanical platforms, manlifts, or scaffolds to access work areas.
  • Must be able to move items weighing up to 50 pounds across the construction site.
  • Must have required tools.

How this job compares in Shepherd, TX

Pay in context

This employer didn't publish a rate. For reference, pipe welder jobs across Texas currently run a median of $38/hr in our index, with the middle half of them falling between $36–$39/hr across 30 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 Shepherd, TX

Shepherd, 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 1,245 other active welding openings from 549 employers. With this few local postings, most welders here end up either commuting or looking at travel work. Browse welding jobs across Texas.

TIC - The Industrial Company currently has 17 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 Shepherd, TX

Pay figures are medians computed from live postings in the Welding Pros index, not from survey data, and they move as employers post. Pipe Welder Journeyman figures were last recalculated when this page was built.