Job Description

Overview

BrandSafway is a leading global provider of access, specialized services, and forming and shoring solutions. The Metal Mechanic position involves supervising field personnel and ensuring work is completed safely, on time, and within budget.

Responsibilities

  • Direct field personnel and ensure all work is completed safely.
  • Oversee that work is done per the scope, on time, and within budget.
  • Manage field take-off, material requisitions, and logistics.
  • Assist the Foreperson with supervising craft personnel.
  • Act as the front line contact for safety, quality, and hazardous conditions.

Requirements

  • Safety Essentials training required.
  • Level 2 Background Check required.
  • DISA UA Drug & Alcohol Testing required.
  • Minimum of five years experience in the related field.
  • Minimum of three years assisting the Foreperson in a crew leader capacity.

Benefits

  • Health Insurance
  • Dental
  • Vision
  • Life Insurance
  • Disability Insurance
  • 401k

Benefits

Health Insurance
Dental
Vision
Life Insurance
Disability Insurance
401k

How this job compares in Baytown, TX

Pay in context

This employer didn't publish a rate. For reference, welding jobs across Texas currently run a median of $27/hr in our index, with the middle half of them falling between $22–$35/hr across 428 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 Baytown, TX

We're tracking 72 other active welding openings in Baytown, TX right now, from 29 different employers. 23 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 Baytown, or widen the search to Texas.

BrandSafway currently has 3 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, Midlothian at $38/hr, and Dallas at $35/hr. If you can relocate or commute, that spread is worth factoring in.

Similar openings near Baytown, TX

Pay figures are medians computed from live postings in the Welding Pros index, not from survey data, and they move as employers post. Metal Mechanic $29/Hr. - CP Chem Cedar Bayou figures were last recalculated when this page was built.