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Overview

The Ironworker/Foreman position involves the erection of structural steel and various related tasks, ensuring safety and precision in construction activities. Candidates must possess reliable transportation and maintain a drug-free status.

Responsibilities

  • Erect structural steel by setting columns, beams, joists, and trusses.
  • Perform bolt-up work by installing and tightening bolts, aligning connections, and supporting fit-up.
  • Make initial connections at height using spud wrenches and fall protection.
  • Attach loads, signal cranes, and ensure safe lifts during rigging.
  • Install and secure metal decking, edge forms, and shear studs.
  • Perform structural welds or torch cutting if certified.
  • Interpret plans, details, and erection drawings.
  • Maintain tools, equipment, and a safe work area.

Requirements

  • Must have reliable transportation.
  • Must be drug-free.
  • Must be able to pass a background check when needed.
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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 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 122 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.

Steel Build LLC 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 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. Ironworker/Foreman figures were last recalculated when this page was built.