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Overview

The Orbital Tube Welder position in Briggs, TX is a full-time, onsite role requiring extensive experience in orbital welding and the ability to work independently. Candidates should possess strong manual welding skills and the capability to perform various tasks in a fabrication environment.

Requirements

  • Ability to lift up to 25 lbs unassisted.
  • Ability to stand for extended periods.
  • Ability to stoop, bend, crawl, and work in confined spaces.
  • 3 or more years of hands-on orbital welding experience.
  • Ability to perform orbital welding independently with minimal supervision.
  • Strong manual GTAW welding skills, including hand fitting and tack welding.
  • Experience in hand-bending and facing tubing to specification.
  • Experience welding to AWS D17.1 or equivalent aerospace standards.
  • Ability to read and interpret aerospace 2D and 3D drawings.
  • Experience performing visual and borescope inspections.
  • Proficiency with fabrication shop equipment (band saws, grinders, sanders, drills, etc.).
  • Experience using precision measurement tools (calipers, height gauges, scales, etc.).

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How this job compares in Briggs, TX

Pay in context

At roughly $17/hr, this posting comes in about 45% below the $31/hr median for welding jobs across Texas, where the middle half runs $25–$39/hr across 325 postings with published pay. Put another way, it pays more than about 2% 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.

The local market in Briggs, TX

Briggs, TX currently has 5 other active welding openings besides this one, spread across 1 employer. None of them were added in the last week, so this is a slower-moving market. Across Texas as a whole we're tracking 1,132 other active welding openings from 497 employers. That's enough local activity to be worth comparing two or three offers before committing. Browse every welding job in Briggs, or widen the search to Texas.

The most active employers in Texas at the moment, by number of open welding reqs, are Zachry Group (33), Austin Industries (30), and Welding Shop in Austin, TX (21). 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 $40/hr, Dallas at $39/hr, and Pasadena at $36/hr. If you can relocate or commute, that spread is worth factoring in.

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. Orbital Tube Welder figures were last recalculated when this page was built.