Job Description

Overview

The Laborer position at Orion involves providing support to skilled craft workers at marine project locations. The role requires assisting Welders, Pipefitters, and other skilled workers while adhering to the company's core values of Safety, Quality, Delivery, Teamwork, and Integrity.

Responsibilities

  • Works as assigned by the Barge Foreman to ensure successful completion of marine construction projects.
  • Assists skilled craft workers such as Welders and Pipefitters in performing their duties.
  • Moves work pieces, tools, and supplies manually or by hand truck.
  • Cleans work pieces to remove impurities using various tools.
  • Connects hoses from hand torch to cylinders or connects cables from power source to work piece.
  • Starts gasoline engines to activate electric generators.
  • Attaches grappling equipment to objects prior to movement by crane.
  • Bolts, nails, aligns, and blocks up under forms.
  • Signals operators of construction equipment for alignment and adjustment.
  • Levels earth to fine grade specifications.
  • Mixes concrete using a portable mixer.
  • Smooths and finishes freshly poured cement or concrete.
  • Positions joints, aligns, and seals pipe sections.
  • Erects scaffolding, shoring, and braces.
  • Mops, brushes, or spreads paints or bituminous compounds over surfaces.
  • Performs various tasks involving dexterous use of hands and tools.

Requirements

  • A minimum of one year of construction or craft worker helper field experience is required.
  • Previous experience in Welding, Pipefitting, Piledriving, or Carpentry is desirable.
  • Ability to communicate effectively and work well with others.
  • Ability to understand and follow specific directions from supervision.
  • Must complete any specific safety or job training required.
  • Ability to work without close supervision.
  • Capable of working within standards of accuracy dictated by the customer.

Benefits

  • Health Insurance
  • Dental
  • Vision
  • Life and AD&D Insurance
  • Short Term and Long-term Disability Insurance
  • Employee Assistance Plan
  • 401k
  • PTO

Benefits

Health Insurance
Dental
Vision
Life and AD&D Insurance
Short Term and Long-term Disability Insurance
Employee Assistance Plan
401k
PTO

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 60 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 209 other active welding openings in Houston, TX right now, from 123 different employers. 9 of them were added in the last week. Across Texas as a whole we're tracking 914 other active welding openings from 519 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.

ORION currently has 4 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 Welding Shop in Houston, TX (21), Zachry Group (20), and Austin Industries (20). 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, Dallas at $35/hr, and La Porte at $32/hr. If you can relocate or commute, that spread is worth factoring in.

Similar openings near Houston, TX

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