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Overview

The CNC Tube Forming Welder position in Dallas, TX, involves precise tube bending and TIG welding for critical boiler and burner projects at a recognized market leader. The role requires collaboration within a safety-focused team and offers strong benefits and opportunities for growth.

Responsibilities

  • Set up, adjust, and operate tube bending machinery for precise bends on pipe, tube, and bar stock.
  • Fabricate directly from prints, samples, and written instructions without supervision.
  • Select and use templates, layouts, check fixtures, tools, dies, and plane gauges.
  • Develop layouts from documentation and check all parts to print using the correct measuring and inspection tools.
  • Inspect bent components and finished assemblies for accuracy and quality.
  • Flag, tag, and remove any non-conforming materials.
  • Execute first-article runs and share improvement ideas with the team.
  • Operate hoists, cart caddies, forklifts, and manual pallet jacks safely and efficiently.
  • Coordinate with other departments to keep production moving.
  • Keep your area clean and orderly while following all safety procedures.
  • Complete all required paperwork accurately and on time.
  • Pitch in on special projects as needed.

Requirements

  • High school diploma or equivalent.
  • 3+ years in a comparable industrial/technical role.
  • TIG welding experience.
  • Comfort working to tight tolerances; ability to make decisions from measurable criteria and visualize 3D parts from 2D drawings.
  • Proficiency with Outlook, Word, and Excel; familiarity with HVAC terminology is a plus.
  • Team player with strong communication and writing skills; understands maintenance practices and job scope interpretation.

Benefits

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

Additional Information

  • Location: Dallas, TX

Benefits

Health Insurance
Dental
Vision
401k
PTO
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How this job compares in Dallas, TX

Pay in context

This employer didn't publish a rate. For reference, welding jobs in Dallas, TX currently run a median of $36/hr in our index, with the middle half of them falling between $29–$39/hr across 43 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 Dallas, TX

We're tracking 122 other active welding openings in Dallas, TX right now, from 69 different employers. 35 of them were added in the last week. Across Texas as a whole we're tracking 1,149 other active welding openings from 516 employers. A metro this active generally means you have real leverage — employers here are competing for the same welders. Browse every welding job in Dallas, or widen the search to Texas.

Cleaver-Brooks currently has 6 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 (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. Dallas is among them.

What you'll be running

This posting calls for TIG. TIG (GTAW) uses a non-consumable tungsten electrode with filler added by hand, giving the operator the most control of any process. It is slow, demanding, and the standard for stainless, aluminum, and anything where the bead has to look as good as it holds.

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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. CNC Tube Forming Welder (Industrial Metals) figures were last recalculated when this page was built.