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Overview

Refrigeration Vessels & Systems (RVS), located in Bryan, Texas, is seeking ASME Welder/Fabricators with pressure vessel experience to manufacture ASME Section VIII, Division 1 pressure vessels and pressure-retaining items. RVS is a subsidiary of EVAPCO, Inc., specializing in industrial refrigeration and process systems.

Responsibilities

  • Perform welding on pressure-retaining components in accordance with approved WPS.
  • Verify drawings, weld symbols, traveler requirements, and material identification prior to welding.
  • Maintain pressure-boundary material traceability throughout fabrication.
  • Prepare joint fit-up, tack welds, back-gouging, and surface preparation as required.
  • Produce welds capable of meeting ASME acceptance criteria and NDE requirements.
  • Document welding activity on travelers and quality records as required.
  • Participate in inspection, NDE coordination, and repair activities.
  • Maintain clean and organized work areas and equipment.
  • Follow all safety, quality, and procedural requirements.

Requirements

  • High School diploma or equivalent.
  • 2 plus years of experience welding/fitting vessels.
  • Certification or ability to pass certification in carbon steel with Pulsed MIG (GMAW-P) in the horizontal & vertical positions.
  • Capable of reading blueprints including weld symbols.
  • Capable of vessel layout, carbon-arc gouging & oxy-fuel cutting.
  • Ability to lift up to 50 pounds.
  • Pipe welding experience in GTAW & GMAW-P in the 6G position.
  • Experience producing X-ray quality welds.
  • Capable of fitting up weldments with consideration for tolerance, shrinkage, & heat induced distortion.
  • Experience with stainless steel.

Benefits

  • Health Insurance
  • Vision
  • Dental
  • PTO

Benefits

Health Insurance
Vision
Dental
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How this job compares in Bryan, TX

Pay in context

This employer didn't publish a rate. For reference, welder fabricator jobs across Texas currently run a median of $25/hr in our index, with the middle half of them falling between $20–$28/hr across 31 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 Bryan, TX

This is the only active welding job we're currently tracking in Bryan, 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 1,092 other active welding openings from 491 employers. Browse welding jobs across Texas.

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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.

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Certifications this posting mentions

  • 6G — a pipe test welded on a joint fixed at a 45-degree incline. Because the torch has to travel through flat, vertical, and overhead angles in a single pass, passing 6G qualifies you for every position on pipe — which is why it is the ticket that separates pipe welders from plate welders on pay.
  • ASME Section IX — the ASME Boiler and Pressure Vessel Code qualification. It covers welding on pressure-retaining equipment — boilers, vessels, and process piping — where a failed weld is a safety incident rather than a rework ticket.

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