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Overview

Austin Industrial is a leading provider of maintenance, construction, and soft craft services to industrial companies across the U.S. The Specialty Combination Welder role involves joining metal parts using various welding techniques as specified by blueprints and instructions.

Responsibilities

  • Use spot welding gun or hand, electric, or gas welding equipment to weld or tack weld pieces together.
  • Unite pipes from torch to tanks of oxygen and fuel gas and turn valves to release mixture.
  • Reach expected temperature, size, and color of flame by burning torch and adjusting flow of gas and air.
  • Preheat work pieces for the preparation of welding or curving, using torch.
  • Fill holes or correct mistakes in lead pieces and make bulges thin and curves in metal work pieces.
  • Check the weakness of work pieces and measure work pieces with straightedge or template to ensure the piece meets specifications.
  • Climb up ladders or work on scaffolds to take apart textures.
  • Give signal to crane operator to lift large work pieces.
  • Use thermal-cutting equipment such as flame-cutting torch or plasma-arc equipment to dismount metal assemblies or cut scrap metal.
  • Use hoist, crane, wire and banding machine, or hand tools to place and protect work pieces.
  • Choose place of weld based on type, thickness, area, and expected temperature of metal.
  • Instruct and bring flame or electrodes on or across work piece to straighten, curve, dissolve, or develop metal.
  • Join pieces together, cover up taut points, and add metal to develop parts.
  • Perform other duties as assigned.

Requirements

  • No minimum education requirements.
  • 4 years of Journeyman level experience.
  • Weld Test certification.
  • Valid Driver’s License.
  • TWIC Card.

Additional Information

  • Applicants must be legally authorized to work for any employer in the United States.
  • Work may be performed in industrial and construction environments with exposure to various hazards.
  • Employees must be able to wear required personal protective equipment (PPE).
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How this job compares in Channelview, TX

Pay in context

This employer didn't publish a rate. For reference, welding jobs across Texas currently run a median of $31/hr in our index, with the middle half of them falling between $25–$38/hr across 329 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 Channelview, TX

We're tracking 21 other active welding openings in Channelview, TX right now, from 6 different employers. 1 of them was added in the last week. Across Texas as a whole we're tracking 1,117 other active welding openings from 510 employers. A metro this active generally means you have real leverage — employers here are competing for the same welders. Browse every welding job in Channelview, or widen the search to Texas.

Austin Industries currently has 33 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 (33), Zachry Group (28), and Welding Shop in Houston, TX (18). 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 $38/hr, and Irving at $36/hr. If you can relocate or commute, that spread is worth factoring in.

Similar openings near Channelview, TX

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