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Job Description

Overview

Worley is a global company of energy, chemicals, and resources experts headquartered in Australia, specializing in consulting, engineering, procurement, and construction across the project lifecycle. The Pipefitter position involves laying out, positioning, aligning, and fitting together fabricated parts.

Responsibilities

  • Read and interpret blueprints, ISO's, filed installations, material takeoffs, and field sketches.
  • Fabricate and install screw pipe, socket weld pipe, stainless tubing, carbon steel weld pipe, and stainless steel weld pipe.
  • Miter and fabricate all pipe.
  • Install valves, underground pipe, pipe hangers, and supports.
  • Perform steam and heat tracing.
  • Use a beveling machine.
  • Conduct basic plumbing repairs.
  • Perform minor valve maintenance and repair.
  • Test piping systems.
  • Use oxygen and acetylene cutting.
  • Perform basic rigging.
  • Operate pneumatic and electric tools.
  • Leak test tubing systems.
  • Additional responsibilities not listed may be required.

Requirements

  • Minimum 4 years industrial construction/maintenance industry experience.

Benefits

  • None specified.

Additional Information

  • None specified.
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How this job compares in La Porte, TX

Pay in context

This employer didn't publish a rate. For reference, pipefitter jobs across Texas currently run a median of $32/hr in our index, with the middle half of them falling between $28–$38/hr across 13 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 La Porte, TX

We're tracking 28 other active welding openings in La Porte, TX right now, from 13 different employers. 4 of them were added in the last week. Across Texas as a whole we're tracking 1,226 other active welding openings from 688 employers. A metro this active generally means you have real leverage — employers here are competing for the same welders. Browse every welding job in La Porte, or widen the search to Texas.

Worley currently has 10 other openings 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 (21), Welding Shop in Houston, TX (21), and Optimized Process Designs LLC (12). 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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Pay figures are medians computed from live postings in the Welding Pros index, not from survey data, and they move as employers post. Pipefitter figures were last recalculated when this page was built.