Job Description

Overview

Structural Iron Worker opportunity with Traylor Bros., Inc. (TBI) National Heavy Civil division, which provides comprehensive heavy civil and underground construction services. TBI has a history of completing complex bridge construction and rehabilitation projects across the nation.

Responsibilities

  • Erect, install, connect, and align structural steel members for bridge construction.
  • Assist with installation of towers, girders, diaphragms, cross frames, bracing, and related steel components.
  • Work safely at heights using harnesses, lifelines, man lifts, scaffolding, and other fall protection systems.
  • Read and interpret basic drawings, erection plans, lift plans, and layout information.
  • Perform bolting, reaming, fitting, connecting, and related iron work tasks.
  • Assist crane crews with rigging, signaling, hoisting, and positioning structural steel.
  • Inspect tools, rigging, ladders, lifts, and fall protection equipment before use.
  • Coordinate with foremen, crane operators, welders, laborers, and other craft workers.
  • Maintain a clean and safe work area on the bridge, barges, access platforms, or staging areas.
  • Follow all company, project, OSHA, and site-specific safety requirements.

Requirements

  • Previous experience as a Structural Iron Worker, preferably on bridge, heavy civil, marine, or large infrastructure projects.
  • Experience working on elevated structures and around cranes.
  • Ability to use impact wrenches, spud wrenches, sleever bars, cutting tools, grinders, and other iron work tools.
  • Knowledge of rigging practices, hand signals, and safe steel erection procedures.
  • Ability to read basic construction drawings and follow instructions from supervision.
  • Comfortable working at heights, over water, and in changing weather conditions.
  • Must be able to lift, carry, climb, bend, kneel, and work in physically demanding conditions.
  • Must be dependable, safety-minded, and able to work as part of a team.

How this job compares in Channelview, TX

Pay in context

This employer didn't publish a rate. For reference, structural welder jobs across Texas currently run a median of $30/hr in our index, with the middle half of them falling between $26–$34/hr across 25 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 Channelview, TX

We're tracking 13 other active welding openings in Channelview, TX right now, from 5 different employers. None of them were added in the last week, so this is a slower-moving market. Across Texas as a whole we're tracking 1,088 other active welding openings from 559 employers. A metro this active generally means you have real leverage — employers here are competing for the same welders. Browse every welding job in Channelview, or widen the search to Texas.

The most active employers in Texas at the moment, by number of open welding reqs, are Welding Shop in Austin, TX (26), Zachry Group (25), and Welding Shop in Houston, TX (23). 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 Burleson at $40/hr, Pasadena at $40/hr, and Midlothian at $38/hr. If you can relocate or commute, that spread is worth factoring in.

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