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Job Description

Overview

Vaughn is a regional commercial construction company operating throughout Texas, focused on building higher education, healthcare, and research buildings. They utilize the latest technology to plan and build high-quality facilities while fostering a family-like environment committed to safety, integrity, teamwork, and excellence.

Responsibilities

  • Perform a variety of tasks involving strenuous manual labor in heavy construction projects.
  • Unload, carry, place, and secure concrete reinforcing steel and accessories.
  • Manually excavate and fill trenches and ditches.
  • Handle and store materials.
  • Place and finish concrete utilizing hand and power tools.
  • Prepare for concrete pour including installing embedded items and cleaning.
  • Perform concrete patching, repairing, and rubbing.
  • Construct wooden forms for molding concrete structures according to specifications.
  • Mans entry and egress gates to control the jobsite.
  • Assist in demolishing activities.
  • Operate pneumatic hammers, vibrators, and tampers.
  • Operate electric powered tools.
  • Signal operators to guide them in moving equipment.
  • Operate large powered machinery and equipment.
  • Follow safety rules.
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How this job compares in Houston, TX

Pay in context

This employer didn't publish a rate. For reference, welding jobs in Houston, TX currently run a median of $25/hr in our index, with the middle half of them falling between $22–$32/hr across 71 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 Houston, TX

We're tracking 326 other active welding openings in Houston, TX right now, from 186 different employers. 120 of them were added in the last week. Across Texas as a whole we're tracking 1,307 other active welding openings from 707 employers. A metro this active generally means you have real leverage — employers here are competing for the same welders. Browse every welding job in Houston, or widen the search to Texas.

The most active employers in Texas at the moment, by number of open welding reqs, are Zachry Group (24), Welding Shop in Houston, TX (21), and Austin Industries (19). 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 Pasadena at $82/hr, Midlothian at $38/hr, and Dallas at $35/hr. If you can relocate or commute, that spread is worth factoring in.

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