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Job Description

Overview

Granite Construction is seeking a MSE Structure Wall/Foreman to supervise and coordinate work crews involved in concrete preparation and application for various structures. The company values its employees as its most important asset and aims to build a strong partnership with them.

Responsibilities

  • Oversees workers who place forms for molding concrete, install reinforcing steel, and convey, pour, finish, and cure concrete.
  • Reads specifications sheets for information to ensure concrete is mixed according to specifications.
  • Inspects bracing and shoring of concrete forms to ensure their stability before and during pouring.
  • Indicates positions for pouring chutes and runways, cranes, or paving machines to facilitate conveying concrete from mixer to forms.
  • Trains new workers.

Requirements

  • High School Diploma, GED or equivalent years of experience.
  • 2 to 4 years of work experience.
  • Ability to exert up to 20 pounds of force occasionally and up to 10 pounds frequently.
  • Competence in beginning algebra and geometry.
  • Ability to read safety rules and instructions for tools and equipment.
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How this job compares in Grand Prairie, TX

Pay in context

This employer didn't publish a rate. For reference, lead welder jobs across Texas currently run a median of $34/hr in our index, with the middle half of them falling between $26–$40/hr across 15 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 Grand Prairie, TX

We're tracking 25 other active welding openings in Grand Prairie, TX right now, from 18 different employers. 9 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 Grand Prairie, or widen the search to Texas.

Granite Construction currently has 2 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.

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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. MSE Structure Wall/Foreman figures were last recalculated when this page was built.