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Overview

Stewart & Stevenson is hiring a Mechanical Assembler I in Houston, TX. The role involves performing standard assembly processes, reworks, and repairs on manufactured equipment and products.

Responsibilities

  • Assemble standard equipment and products under general supervision and in accordance with standard operating procedures.
  • Read, interpret, and follow blueprints, diagrams, schematics, engineering drawings, specifications, bill of materials, and other written instructions or procedures to accurately assemble equipment and products.
  • Perform quality work checks to ensure the product meets quality standards.
  • Identify product defects and complete appropriate documentation when defects are identified.
  • Perform all necessary documentation in a timely manner.
  • Confer with supervisor regarding quality or procedure problems.
  • Rework and/or repair assembled equipment and products according to engineering specification changes.
  • Perform all work in accordance with quality standards and established safety procedures.
  • Maintain a clean and safe work area.

Requirements

  • High School Graduate or General Education Degree (GED) and two to ten years related experience.
  • Ability to accept responsibility and account for his/her actions.
  • Ability to perform work accurately and thoroughly.
  • Ability to be held accountable or answerable for one's conduct.
  • Ability to communicate effectively with others using the spoken word.
  • Ability to use thinking and reasoning to solve a problem.
  • Ability to think in such a way as to produce a new concept or idea.
  • Ability to work effectively with people regardless of their age, gender, race, ethnicity, religion, or job type.
  • Ability to work at a sustained pace and produce quality work.
  • Ability to focus on a goal and obtain a pre-determined result.
  • The ability to formulate a sound decision using the available information.

Additional Information

  • Location: 10750 Telge Road Houston, TX 77095.
  • Equal opportunity employer as to all protected groups, including protected veterans and individuals with disabilities.
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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 69 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 187 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 708 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.

Kirby 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 (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, Dallas at $35/hr, and San Antonio at $33/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. Mechanical Assembler I figures were last recalculated when this page was built.