Job Description

Overview

At Fluor, we are committed to fostering a welcoming and collaborative work environment that encourages big-picture thinking and innovative solutions. We invite you to apply for the Carpenter - Form/Paving role.

Responsibilities

  • Follow all health, safety, and environmental requirements.
  • Perform cleanup duties.
  • Perform material handling and storage duties.
  • Identify, use, and care for common hand and power tools.
  • Use and care of craft specific tools and equipment.
  • Apply craft related mathematics.
  • Use safety standards and best safety practices relevant to rigging.
  • Inspect rigging equipment and hardware.
  • Apply common hitches and emergency stop signals.
  • Tie knots such as bowline and clove hitch.
  • Read and interpret drawings and construction plans.
  • Measure, cut, and assemble wood and metal forms for concrete pours.
  • Prepare layout using rule, framing square, and calipers.
  • Construct forms and chutes for pouring concrete.
  • Ensure forms are properly aligned and secured.
  • Pour and finish concrete within forms.
  • Dismantle forms after concrete has set following appropriate cure time.
  • Erect built-in-place forms or assemble and install prefabricated forms.
  • Assemble cut and shaped materials and fasten them together.
  • Erect scaffolding and ladders for assembling structures above ground.
  • Anchor and brace forms to fixed objects.
  • Mark cutting and assembly lines on materials.
  • Shape materials to prescribed measurements using saws, chisels, and planes.
  • Perform all other duties as assigned.

Requirements

  • Understand and carry out oral instructions.
  • Read and carry out written instructions to perform work tasks.
  • Work at varying heights.
  • Recognize, avoid, and report safety hazards.
  • Assemble and disassemble objects.
  • Operate equipment and power tools.
  • See hazards, safety warnings, and barriers.
  • Bend knees for lifting and routine work tasks.
  • Stoop for work positioning and lifting.
  • Lift a maximum of 50 lbs without assistance.
  • Comprehend and respond to audible/visual instructions, alarms, and warnings.
  • Climb/balance on ladders, scaffolding, and structures.
  • Kneel for work positioning and task performance.
  • Reach above shoulders and away from body to perform work tasks.
  • Demonstrate manual dexterity to perform work tasks.

Additional Information

  • Work in extreme heat or cold.
  • Work where noise level is above 85 decibels.
  • Work in wet/humid environments.
  • Work in cramped quarters.
  • Work in environments of fluctuating ventilation.
  • Work inside and outside.

How this job compares in Farmers Branch, TX

Pay in context

This employer didn't publish a rate. For reference, welding jobs across Texas currently run a median of $28/hr in our index, with the middle half of them falling between $23–$35/hr across 488 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 Farmers Branch, TX

Farmers Branch, TX currently has 3 other active welding openings besides this one, spread across 3 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 1,424 other active welding openings from 737 employers. That's enough local activity to be worth comparing two or three offers before committing. Browse every welding job in Farmers Branch, or widen the search to Texas.

Fluor Corporation currently has 1 other opening live in Texas, which is usually a sign of either steady growth or steady turnover — worth asking which in the interview.

The most active employers in Texas at the moment, by number of open welding reqs, are Zachry Group (26), Welding Shop in Houston, TX (25), and Austin Industries (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 Pasadena at $40/hr, San Angelo at $39/hr, and Midlothian at $38/hr. If you can relocate or commute, that spread is worth factoring in.

Similar openings near Farmers Branch, TX

Pay figures are medians computed from live postings in the Welding Pros index, not from survey data, and they move as employers post. HC - Carpenter - Form/Paving figures were last recalculated when this page was built.