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Overview

Continental Electronics Corporation is a leading provider of RF technologies and innovative solutions with 80 years of proven performance. The Sr Welder's main job functions are to set-up, maintain, and perform moderately complex and difficult welding operations using standard or specialized welding techniques and accessory tools necessary for completion of assignment, under minimum supervision.

Responsibilities

  • Sets-up, maintains, and performs difficult welding operations within required tolerances, using standard or specialized techniques working from drawings, rough sketches, written specifications, and verbal instructions.
  • Employs all welding processes and equipment to accomplish attachment of various metal works with a wide variety of materials (aluminum, stainless, brass, and copper).
  • Inspects own work using measuring equipment such as squares, surface gauges, and calipers.
  • Recognizes critical areas such as sealing surfaces and final finishes and uses proper care to prevent damage.
  • Uphold the company’s core values of Integrity, Innovation, Accountability, and Teamwork.
  • Demonstrate behavior consistent with the company’s Code of Ethics and Conduct.
  • Report any quality problems or defects to management for corrective action.

Requirements

  • High School diploma or equivalent GED, trade school or equivalent.
  • Minimum of 4 years industrial welding experience.
  • Skilled in Tig welding; techniques in Mig and Stick welding as well as Torch for attachment of various metals is a plus.
  • Must be able to set up machine and read standard blueprints and have a knowledge of shop mathematics through geometry.
  • Must perform a skill test during interview process.
  • Must be a 'U.S. Person' to access export controlled information.

Benefits

  • 401k
  • Health Insurance
  • PTO

Benefits

401k
Health Insurance
PTO
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How this job compares in Richardson, TX

Pay in context

At roughly $35/hr, this posting sits about 13% above the $31/hr median for welding jobs across Texas — toward the top of a $25–$39/hr middle band drawn from 325 postings with published pay. Put another way, it pays more than about 62% of the comparable postings we have wage data for. Pay that far above local median usually comes attached to something: a harder cert requirement, travel, night shift, or overtime that isn't really optional. Worth establishing which before you accept.

The local market in Richardson, TX

Richardson, TX currently has 3 other active welding openings besides this one, spread across 3 employers. 2 of them were added in the last week. Across Texas as a whole we're tracking 1,132 other active welding openings from 498 employers. That's enough local activity to be worth comparing two or three offers before committing. Browse every welding job in Richardson, or widen the search to Texas.

Continental Electronics Corporation currently has 1 other opening 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 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, TIG, 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. 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. Sr Welder figures were last recalculated when this page was built.