Combo Welder- Austin Industrial (Pasadena, TX)

Austin Industries; Pasadena (TX); On-site; USD 52,000 - 64,000; Full time

Job summary

Austin Industrial in Pasadena, Texas is seeking a skilled Welder - Combination to support our field fabrication and maintenance teams. You will join metal structures and pipe using arc welding methods, following blueprints and procedures to ensure weld quality.

The ideal candidate has 3–5 years of Journeyman level experience, Weld Test certification, and a valid driver's license with TWIC card. This is a hands-on, safety‑driven role in a fast-paced industrial environment.

Qualifications

• 3–5 years of Journeyman level welding experience.
• Ability to read and interpret blueprints and welding procedures.
• Must meet physical requirements and safety standards.

Responsibilities

• Join metal parts using arc, spot, and torch welding as specified.
• Unite pipes and tanks with proper welding and valve operations.
• Adjust flame and temperature, and prepare parts for welding.
• Inspect welds for defects and verify measurements against specs.
• Operate hoisting and hand tools and coordinate with crane operators.
• Follow safety procedures and company policies.

Skills

Welder

Blueprint reading

Safety procedures

Torch cutting

Education

Weld Test

Driver's License

Job description

Description

About Austin Industrial

Austin Industrial provides premier self-perform maintenance, construction, and soft craft service 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.

To learn more about us, visit https://www.austin-ind.com/what-we-do/industrial .

Welder - Combination

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 instructions through 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.

• Fills holes 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.

• Climbs up 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.

• Applicants must be legally authorized to work for ANY employer in the United States. Austin Industrial is unable to sponsor or take over sponsorship of an employment visa for this position.

Physical, Mental & Environmental Requirements

Reasonable accommodation may be made to enable qualified individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions of this position.

Employees must be able to sit, stand, walk, climb, balance, stoop, kneel, crouch, crawl, reach, and use hands and fingers to perform assigned duties. Positions may require lifting, carrying, pushing, or pulling up to 50 pounds, working at elevations, on uneven surfaces, or in confined spaces. Employees must possess sufficient visual, hearing, communication, and motor skills to safely perform job responsibilities.

Employees must be able to read, comprehend, and follow safety procedures, work instructions, and company policies; exercise sound judgment; solve problems; maintain attention to detail; effectively manage stress; and adapt to changing priorities in a fast-paced work environment.

Qualifications Required for this Position:

Education: – no minimum education requirements.

Certifications/ Licenses: Weld Test and DL

Experience: – 3-5 years of Journeyman level experience.

Austin Industrial is an Equal Opportunity Employer.

See the “Know Your Rights” poster available in English (https://www.eeoc.gov/sites/default/files/2023-06/22-088_EEOC_KnowYourRights6.12.pdf) and Spanish (https://www.eeoc.gov/sites/default/files/2023-06/22-088_EEOC_KnowYourRightsSp6.12.pdf) .

No Third-Party Inquiries Please

This Company does not accept and will not consider unsolicited resumes or any other unsolicited candidate information submitted to the Company or any of its employee-owners by staffing agencies, search firms, or third-party recruiters in response to a posted vacancy. The Company will not pay any placement fee(s) without a written agreement to do so ( payment must be required pursuant to the terms of a written agreement).

Any unsolicited resumes or candidate information submitted to this Company or any of its employee-owners becomes the property of the Company.

Accessibility Note

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Qualifications

Licenses & Certifications

Required

• Valid Driver's License

• TWIC Card

Equal Opportunity Employer

This employer is required to notify all applicants of their rights pursuant to federal employment laws.

For further information, please review the Know Your Rights (https://www.eeoc.gov/poster) notice from the Department of Labor.