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Job Description

Overview

The Blueprint-Driven MIG Welder position in Weatherford, TX involves transforming blueprints into strong, accurate assemblies through MIG and STICK welding. The role emphasizes safety, precision, and maintaining high production quality.

Responsibilities

  • Set up welding equipment and choose the correct materials for each assignment.
  • Read and interpret blueprints, drawings, and work orders without missing a detail.
  • Perform MIG and STICK welding in multiple positions and verify weld integrity to spec.
  • Conduct basic maintenance on equipment to ensure optimal performance.
  • Maintain a hazard-free area, follow procedures, and use PPE consistently.

Requirements

  • High school diploma or equivalent preferred.
  • 2+ years of welding experience in a production or fabrication setting.
  • Proficiency reading blueprints and schematics.
  • Comfort operating under OSHA safety standards.
  • Excellent manual dexterity and attention to detail.
  • Ability to lift up to 50 lbs; stamina for hands-on, physical work.

Additional Information

  • Based in Weatherford, TX
  • Pay range: $19–22 per hour
  • Shifts: 1st or 2nd
  • Overtime: Available
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How this job compares in Hudson Oaks, TX

Pay in context

At roughly $21/hr, this posting comes in about 34% 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 9% 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 Hudson Oaks, TX

This is the only active welding job we're currently tracking in Hudson Oaks, TX, which makes it worth moving on quickly — there is no local competing offer to weigh it against. Across Texas as a whole we're tracking 1,132 other active welding openings from 497 employers. Browse welding jobs across 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 MIG and Stick work. 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. Stick (SMAW) burns a flux-coated consumable rod and needs no shielding gas, so it works in wind, rain, and on dirty or rusted steel. That tolerance for bad conditions keeps it the default for field, structural, and repair work.

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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. Blueprint-Driven MIG Welder figures were last recalculated when this page was built.