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Job Description

Overview

Join UCT and be part of the fastest-growing sector in the world! UCT is looking for a talented TIG Welder III to perform advanced welding operations with minimal supervision, ensuring compliance with AWS codes and blueprint specifications.

Responsibilities

  • Receives instructions, prints and work orders for the job.
  • Plans details of working procedure and tools and material requirements.
  • Performs minor maintenance on equipment.
  • Assumes responsibility and care of assigned tools and equipment.
  • Observes and practices safety procedures and policies.
  • Performs advanced welding activities with minimum instructions and supervision.
  • Interprets complex blueprints, manufacturing drawings and written work instructions.
  • Sets up welding equipment in accordance with the appropriate weld process specifications.
  • Completes weldments to the applied AWS welding code and blueprint requirements.
  • Positions weldment details in location using fixtures, jigs, tape measure, square, rule, and caliper.
  • Utilizes material handling equipment in conjunction with the welding task.
  • Performs minor maintenance on job related equipment.
  • Other duties as required.
  • Attendance is an essential job function.

Additional Information

  • Work is performed primarily in a manufacturing environment.
  • Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.
  • Exerting up to 25 pounds of force occasionally, and/or up to 10 pounds of force frequently.
  • Ability to stoop, kneel, crouch, walk, push, pull, grasp.
  • Must comply with Jager-2 Vision test compliance.
  • Prolonged standing and bending intermittently during work hours.
  • Is subject to frequent interruptions.
  • Ability to move arms, hands and fingers to type.
  • Close vision required.
  • May involve exposure to noise hazard area.
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How this job compares in Manor, TX

Pay in context

This employer didn't publish a rate. For reference, welding jobs across Texas currently run a median of $31/hr in our index, with the middle half of them falling between $25–$39/hr across 326 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 Manor, TX

We're tracking 10 other active welding openings in Manor, TX right now, from 2 different 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. A metro this active generally means you have real leverage — employers here are competing for the same welders. Browse every welding job in Manor, or widen the search to Texas.

Ultra Clean Technology currently has 9 other openings 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 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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