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Overview

ENG Bauen is collaborating with an established international engineering and manufacturing business to recruit an experienced Production Welder for its Houston operation. This role involves joining a specialist manufacturing team that produces engineered equipment and industrial assemblies for demanding applications across the energy and industrial sectors.

Responsibilities

  • Carrying out TIG and MIG welding across a variety of industrial components and assemblies.
  • Preparing, cutting, positioning and assembling materials prior to welding.
  • Working from technical drawings, measurements and fabrication instructions.
  • Producing accurate welds across different component sizes and working positions.
  • Inspecting completed work to identify defects and ensure quality standards are maintained.
  • Operating and maintaining welding equipment and associated machinery.
  • Supporting general fabrication and production activities where required.
  • Maintaining a clean, organised and safe working environment.

Requirements

  • At least five years' professional welding experience.
  • Practical experience with TIG and MIG welding processes.
  • The ability to read and interpret engineering drawings and technical instructions.
  • Experience working with industrial materials and fabricated assemblies.
  • Good attention to detail and an understanding of weld quality requirements.
  • Confidence using workshop equipment, machinery and fabrication tools.
  • A strong commitment to workplace safety and correct PPE use.
  • Recognised welding qualifications or AWS certification would be advantageous.

Additional Information

  • Candidates must be authorised to work in the United States without requiring current or future visa sponsorship.
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How this job compares in Houston, TX

Pay in context

This employer didn't publish a rate. For reference, welding jobs in Houston, TX currently run a median of $32/hr in our index, with the middle half of them falling between $23–$41/hr across 74 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 Houston, TX

We're tracking 313 other active welding openings in Houston, TX right now, from 174 different employers. 80 of them were added in the last week. Across Texas as a whole we're tracking 1,092 other active welding openings from 491 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 Zachry Group (33), Austin Industries (29), 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 TIG 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. 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.

See all TIG welder openings if you want to compare this against similar roles.

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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. TIG Welder figures were last recalculated when this page was built.