Skilled - Welder/Fitter
Location
Houston, TX
Wage
$22/hr
Employment Type
Contract
Required Skills & Certifications
Posted on November 2, 2026
Location
Houston, TX
Wage
$22/hr
Employment Type
Contract
Posted on November 2, 2026
Position Title: Welder / Fitter Wage: $22.00 - $28.00/hour Shift: 2nd Hours: 4:30pm - 3:30am (Monday - Thursday) Are your skills not being fully utilized? Reach your maximum potential by working with QPS! QPS Employment Group has a great opportunity available for a Welder / Fitter at a company in Houston, TX (77038). This is a potential to hire position for 2nd shift. Apply now! Welder / Fitter Responsibilities: - Interpret fabrication and weld drawings accurately to prepare, align, and assemble structural components - Perform MIG welding on mild and stainless steel in accordance with established quality standards - Measure, fit, and align channels, beams, and components using squares, grinders, and layout tools - Operate shears, brake press, torches, plasma cutters, and overhead cranes safely and efficiently - Conduct finishing work including grinding, cleaning, and verification of conformance to drawings - Follow quality assurance procedures, check for distortion, and document inspection results - Maintain clean, organized, and safe work areas aligned with 5S principles - Communicate proactively with supervisors and cross-functional teams regarding materials, progress, and issues - Notify the lead person or Inspector when the product is ready for inspection - Maintains a clean and safe work area each day and returns tools to their proper locations Requirements for Welder / Fitter: - 1-3 years of experience in metal fabrication or welding. - Ability to read blueprints and use measurement tools. - Blueprint and drawing interpretation - Ability to read blueprints and use measurement tools - MIG welding proficiency (mild and stainless steel) - Two plus years of experience in the use of basic tools (squares, clamps, fillet gauge, angle grinder, etc.) - Two plus years of experience in shear, brake press, turret punch, CNC laser, ironworker, band saw, welding machine, cutting torch, plasma cutter, grinder, overhead crane, ratchet straps, and other hand tools - High levels of organizational and time management skills - High levels of analytical, observational, and active listening skills - Ability to pass physical, drug, driving, and background check - Ability to physically push, pull, and lift 50lbs or more - Ability to stoop and bend - Ability to sit, stand, and walk for four plus hours at a time - Ability to read tape measure and prints - Ability to convert decimals to fractions and utilize conversion charts - Excellent manual dexterity - Excellent color vision and eyesight IND999 QPS Employment Group is a full-service staffing firm comprised of dedicated and passionate people with over 50 offices throughout the United States. We place great people with great companies in industrial, skilled trades, administrative, manufacturing, general labor and professional employment. Hiring immediately! Why Work with QPS? - Access to sought-after positions with leading employers - Dedicated placement specialists who will guide you through every step of the job search process Best of all, our job matching and resume assistance services are 100% free to job seekers! We will never ask you to pay a fee. Please note that QPS Employment Group may use a virtual recruiting assistant to help screen and schedule candidates efficiently. All information collected through this process is used solely for employment purposes and is handled securely in accordance with our privacy policy. We are proud to be an equal opportunity employer.
At roughly $22/hr, this posting comes in about 31% below the $32/hr median for welding jobs in Houston, TX, where the middle half runs $23–$41/hr across 82 postings with published pay. Put another way, it pays more than about 13% 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.
We're tracking 323 other active welding openings in Houston, TX right now, from 188 different employers. 91 of them were added in the last week. Across Texas as a whole we're tracking 1,149 other active welding openings from 515 employers. A metro this active generally means you have real leverage — employers here are competing for the same welders. Browse every welding job in Houston, or widen the search to Texas.
The most active employers in Texas at the moment, by number of open welding reqs, are Austin Industries (34), Zachry Group (28), and Worley (19). 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 Arlington at $39/hr, Dallas at $36/hr, and Pasadena at $36/hr. If you can relocate or commute, that spread is worth factoring in.
This posting calls for MIG. 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.
Pay figures are medians computed from live postings in the Welding Pros index, not from survey data, and they move as employers post. Skilled - Welder/Fitter figures were last recalculated when this page was built.