Job Description

Overview

Tremco Construction Products Group is a collective of several companies operating in the construction sector, employing over 2,700 people across North America. The Fabricator (Metal) role involves reading shop drawings and operating machinery to cut, bend, and form metal profiles, ensuring high-quality production standards are met.

Responsibilities

  • Operate machinery such as press brakes, shears or roll formers according to safety guidelines.
  • Read work orders, specifications, blueprints, and measurement instructions.
  • Set up, calibrate, and operate machinery to meet manufacturing specifications.
  • Locate and mark bending and cutting lines onto work pieces.
  • Load and unload metal sheets or coils using forklift and infeed to machinery.
  • Position, align, fit, and assemble parts per approved drawings.
  • Verify conformance of work to specifications, using calipers, micrometer and gauges.
  • Maintain product quality and report defects or safety concerns.
  • Follow company policies, procedures, and safety guidelines.
  • Communicate effectively with supervisors, coworkers, and other departments.
  • Utilize company systems and software to maintain accurate records, reports, or documentation as required.
  • Perform routine maintenance and cleaning of equipment and report mechanical failures.
  • Meet attendance, productivity, accuracy, quality, and performance expectations.
  • Maintain professionalism and contribute to a respectful workplace environment.

Requirements

  • High school diploma or general education degree (GED).
  • One to two years related experience and/or training.
  • Ability to follow instructions and established procedures.
  • Strong communication and organizational skills.
  • Understanding of metal properties and brake press machinery preferred.
  • Accurately read tape measurements, bend angles, tolerances and schematic drawings.
  • Computer literacy to utilize company systems and software.
  • Experience with CNC or manual metal bending equipment preferred.
  • Well organized and attention to detail.

Benefits

  • Health Insurance
  • PTO
  • 401k

Benefits

Health Insurance
PTO
401k

How this job compares in Coppell, TX

Pay in context

At roughly $23/hr, this posting lands within a few percent of the $23/hr median for welder fabricator jobs across Texas, whose middle half runs $22–$29/hr across 39 postings with published pay. Put another way, it pays more than about 51% of the comparable postings we have wage data for. In other words it is a market-rate offer, so benefits, overtime, and shift schedule are where the real difference between this and the next posting on the list shows up.

The local market in Coppell, TX

Coppell, TX currently has 5 other active welding openings besides this one, spread across 4 employers. None of them were added in the last week, so this is a slower-moving market. Across Texas as a whole we're tracking 1,307 other active welding openings from 708 employers. That's enough local activity to be worth comparing two or three offers before committing. Browse every welding job in Coppell, or widen the search to Texas.

Tremco CPG Inc. 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, Midlothian at $38/hr, and Dallas at $35/hr. If you can relocate or commute, that spread is worth factoring in.

Similar openings near Coppell, TX

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