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Overview

Caterpillar Inc. is seeking a Project Air Tester for 1st/2nd shift positions. The role involves performing air testing, ensuring compliance with safety regulations, and preparing bases for shipment.

Responsibilities

  • Comply with all of TurboFab’s Environmental, Health and Safety Programs, Regulations and Guidelines.
  • Check own work for compliance to specifications.
  • Use all necessary equipment and tools required to perform work.
  • Ensure that procedures have been followed and quality has not been compromised.
  • Keep all areas clean and orderly; comply with TurboFab’s housekeeping procedures.
  • Follow the Air Testing procedures.
  • Test for leaks, clean the bases, do minor paint touch ups, prepare the bases for shipment or transfer.
  • Rig, lift and load bases to trucks using overhead cranes, as required.

Requirements

  • Minimal to no supervision required to perform the job.
  • Exhibit skills and willingness to perform assigned tasks competently.
  • Ability to read and write.
  • Good verbal communication skills.
  • Ability to work well with others.
  • Ability to use tools required for the job.
  • Skilled and trained on all facets of the air test and final preparation of base products.
  • Skilled and certified on use of overhead crane.
  • Skilled and certified on forklift.
  • Ability to do stud welding.
  • Ability to do high-level rigging.
  • Ability to do grinding, drilling, tapping.
  • Ability to do layouts without supervision.
  • At least 1 year of experience as an Air Tester.

Benefits

  • Competitive salary and annual bonus program
  • Health Insurance
  • PTO
  • Health savings account (HSA)
  • Flexible spending accounts (FSAs)
  • Life Insurance
  • Employee Assistance Programs
  • Voluntary Benefits

Additional Information

  • Candidates may be placed on any shift, dependent on business needs.
  • All eligible candidates must pass background screening and physical/drug/alcohol screening.

Benefits

Competitive salary and annual bonus program
Health Insurance
PTO
Health savings account (HSA)
Flexible spending accounts (FSAs)
Life Insurance
Employee Assistance Programs
Voluntary Benefits
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How this job compares in Channelview, TX

Pay in context

At roughly $20/hr, this posting comes in about 25% below the $27/hr median for welding jobs across Texas, where the middle half runs $22–$34/hr across 426 postings with published pay. Put another way, it pays more than about 13% of the comparable postings we have wage data for. That gap is worth raising directly — in a market this size there is normally room to negotiate toward the median, particularly if you already hold the certifications the posting asks for.

The local market in Channelview, TX

We're tracking 16 other active welding openings in Channelview, TX right now, from 7 different employers. 3 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 Channelview, or widen the search to Texas.

Solar Turbines currently has 5 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 (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.

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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. Project Air Tester B - 1st/2nd Shift figures were last recalculated when this page was built.