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Welder Helper/Laborer

ROCKOS ROC-N-FAB LLC

Gladewater, TX 75647 $17 - $20 an hour - Full-time Apply with Indeed Overview As a Welder Helper/Laborer, you'll support welding, fabrication, and assembly work in a shop or construction setting. You'll prepare metal materials, organize tools, assist with equipment setup, and help the team complete work safely and accurately. This hands-on role suits someone ready to contribute, learn, and keep projects moving. Responsibilities Prepare and move metal materials, including sheet metal, for welding and mechanical fabrication. Assist with MIG (gas metal arc), TIG, FCAW (flux-cored arc), and stick welding (shielded metal arc welding, or SMAW) tasks as directed. Support fabrication, machining, plasma cutting, and assembly using hand tools and power tools. Read blueprints and technical drawings; help measure and check parts with calipers, micrometers, and other measuring instruments. Follow safety protocols and applicable American Welding Society (AWS) standards; assist with crane operations when assigned and authorized.

Your impact:

Careful preparation and safe, accurate support help welders deliver reliable components for construction and fabrication projects.

Skills Essential:

Safety protocol adherence, basic math, shop math, mechanical knowledge, and ability to use hand tools and power tools.

Essential:

Ability to follow instructions and interpret technical drawings, including mechanical blueprints.

Preferred:

Construction site or construction experience, fabrication shop experience, and background in metal fabrication or sheet metal fabrication.

Preferred:

Familiarity with welding processes, metal materials, measuring instruments, and crane operations.

Preferred:

Experience with fabrication, mechanical fabrication, machining, plasma cutting, and assembly.

Pay:

$17.00 - $20.00 per hour Expected hours: 40.0 - 60.0 per week

Benefits:

Paid time off

Work Location:

In person