Combination Welder (La Porte, TX ) - Austin Industrial

Austinindl; La Porte (TX); On-site; USD 55,000 - 75,000; Full time

Job summary

Austin Industrial is seeking a Combination Welder for our La Porte, TX location. The role requires 3–5 years of journeyman welding experience and the ability to read blueprints and welding procedures.

You will weld and tack weld components, prepare joints, and ensure weld quality meets specifications within an industrial setting. Candidates should adhere to safety standards, operate gas- and electric-welding equipment, and assist with material handling as needed.

Qualifications

• 3-5 years journeyman level experience in industrial welding.
• Ability to read and interpret blueprints and welding procedures.
• Commitment to safety and compliance with industry standards.

Responsibilities

• Weld or tack weld parts using spot, electric, or gas welding equipment.
• Join pipes and metal plates according to layout and welding procedures.
• Preheat work pieces and prepare welds using torches and plasma cutting tools.
• Inspect welds for defects and ensure dimensions meet specifications.
• Assist crane operators in moving large work pieces as needed.
• Follow safety protocols and communicate any issues to supervisors.

Skills

Arc welding

Blueprint reading

Safety compliance

Education

Journeyman welder experience 3-5 years

Tools

Welding equipment

Job description

Combination Welder (La Porte, TX ) - Austin Industrial

Job Details

Posting Details

• • Posted on November 5, 2026

Locations

Showing 1 location La Porte, TX, USA Craft Full-Time Requisition #: COMBI035236

Description

About Austin Industrial

Austin Industrial delivers premier maintenance, construction, and soft craft services to leading industrial companies across the U.S. An industry leader for more than 60 years, we offer single-source solutions to our customers in the oil, gas, chemical, food, agriculture, power, and manufacturing industries. Our team of 4,000 employee-owners, equipped with innovative technology and optimized procedures, helps owners optimize safety, productivity, profit margins, and cost-efficiency.

This person must be able to join metal parts, such as pipe or metal plates as specified by layout, blueprints, work orders, welding procedures or oral instructionsthrough the application of heat or electric arc-welding equipment. Other duties may be assigned.

Specific Duties and Responsibilities:

• Uses spot welding gun or hand, electric, or gas welding equipment to weld or tack weld pieces together.
• Unites pipes from torch to tanks of oxygen and fuel gas and turns valves to release mixture.
• Reaching expected temperature, size, and color of flame by burning torch and adjusting flow of gas and air.
• Preheats work pieces for the preparation of welding or curving, using torch.
• Fillsholes or corrects mistakes in lead pieces and makes bulges thin and curves in metal work pieces.
• Checks the weakness of work pieces and measures work pieces with straightedge or template to ensure the piece meets specifications.
• Climbsup ladders or works on scaffolds to take apart textures.
• Gives signal to crane operator to lift large work pieces.
• Uses thermal-cutting equipment such as flame-cutting torch or plasma-arc equipment to dismount metal assemblies or cut scrap metal.
• Uses hoist, crane, wire and banding machine, or hand tools to place and protect work pieces.
• In order to protect the torch chooses place of weld based on type, thickness, area, and expected temperature of metal.
• Instructs and brings flame or electrodes on or across work piece to straighten, curve, dissolve, or develop metal.
• Joins pieces together, covers up taut points, and adds metal to develop parts.
• Other duties as assigned.

Qualifications Required for this Position:

Education – no minimum education requirements.

Experience – 3-5 years of Journeyman level experience.

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Physical Demands The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions. While performing the duties of this Job, the employee is regularly required to sit; use hands to finger, handle, or feel and reach with hands and arms. The employee is frequently required to stand; walk; climb or balance; stoop, kneel, crouch, or crawl; talk or hear and taste or smell. The employee must regularly lift and /or move up to 25 pounds and may frequently lift and/or move up to 50 pounds. Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision, distance vision, peripheral vision, depth perception and ability to adjust focus.

Experience

4 years: Industrial Combo Welder

Licenses & Certifications

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