Combination Welder - Austin Industrial (La Porte, TX)

Austin Industrial provides premier self‑perform maintenance, construction, and soft‑craft services to leading industrial companies across the United States. For more information, visit their website.

About the Role

This position involves joining metal parts—such as pipe or metal plates—according to layout, blueprints, work orders, welding procedures, or oral instructions using heat or electric‑arc welding equipment. Other duties may be assigned.

Responsibilities

• Use spot‑welding gun or hand, electric, or gas welding equipment to weld or tack‑weld pieces together.
• Unite pipes from torch to tanks of oxygen and fuel gas and operate valves to release the mixture.
• Achieve the expected temperature, size, and color of flame by adjusting torch flame and gas/air flow.
• Preheat work pieces for welding or curving using a torch.
• Fill holes or correct mistakes in lead pieces and shape bulges, thin sections, and curves in metal work pieces.
• Check the integrity of work pieces and measure them with a straightedge or template to ensure they meet specifications.
• Climb ladders or work on scaffolds to access and disassemble textures.
• Signal crane operators to lift large work pieces.
• Operate thermal‑cutting equipment such as flame‑cutting torches or plasma‑arc tools to dismount metal assemblies or cut scrap metal.
• Use hoists, cranes, wire‑ and banding machines, or hand tools to position and protect work pieces.
• Select weld locations based on metal type, thickness, area, and expected temperature to protect the torch.
• Apply flame or electrodes to straighten, curve, dissolve, or develop metal as needed.
• Join pieces together, cover taut points, and add metal to develop parts.
• Perform other duties as assigned.

Qualifications

• Education: No minimum education requirements.
• Experience: 4 years of journeyman‑level welding experience.
• Certifications/Licenses: Weld test, a valid driver’s license, and a TWIC card.
• Legal authorization to work for any employer in the United States; the company does not sponsor visas.

Physical, Mental & Environmental Requirements

Reasonable accommodations may be made for qualified individuals with disabilities. Employees must be able to sit, stand, walk, climb, balance, stoop, kneel, crouch, crawl, reach, and use hands and fingers to perform assigned duties. The position may require lifting, carrying, pushing, or pulling up to 50 lb, 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, read and follow safety procedures, work instructions, and company policies, exercise sound judgment, solve problems, maintain attention to detail, manage stress, and adapt to changing priorities in a fast‑paced environment.

Work is performed in industrial and construction settings with exposure to weather conditions, temperature extremes, noise, dust, fumes, moving equipment, vibration, and other site‑specific hazards. Employees must wear required personal protective equipment (PPE) and meet all customer, site, regulatory, medical, and fitness‑for‑duty requirements applicable to the position. A constant commitment to safety, quality, and productivity is expected.