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Job Description

Overview

VLS Environmental Solutions, LLC is a leader in sustainability solutions with over 1,200 employees across North America. The Maintenance Technician- Pipefitter Welder role involves fabricating, installing, maintaining, and repairing piping systems.

Responsibilities

  • Lays out, assembles, installs, and maintains pipe systems, pipe supports, and related hydraulic and pneumatic equipment.
  • Maintains pipe systems for steam, hot water, heating, cooling, lubricating, sprinkling, and industrial processing systems.
  • Repairs leaks in piping for steam, condensate, cooling, and compressed air piping systems.
  • Plans work according to directions for repairs and new installations of piping.
  • Performs repairs and installations of threaded, slip-joint, glued, and welded pipe systems.
  • Installs, maintains, and repairs support systems for piping installations.
  • Supports other maintenance functions with welding needs.
  • Bends and cuts pipe, drills holes for plumbing connections as needed.
  • Connects plumbing to equipment and replaces plumbing fixtures as needed.
  • Cuts out and joins parts for worktables, benches, shelves, and other furnishings.
  • Clears clogged drains and replaces plumbing fixtures.
  • Operates welding machine to repair or join metal parts.
  • Cleans work area, tools, and equipment.
  • Understands and follows safety procedures.
  • Performs inspections and preventative maintenance of plumbing systems.

Requirements

  • High school diploma or GED.
  • Welding Certificate a Plus.
  • Journeyman Welding Card a Plus.
  • Five years related Pipefitter/Welder experience.
  • Trained on manlift, scissor lift, forklift a plus.

Benefits

  • Health Insurance
  • Dental
  • Vision
  • PTO
  • 401k

Benefits

Health Insurance
Dental
Vision
PTO
401k
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How this job compares in Deer Park, TX

Pay in context

This employer didn't publish a rate. For reference, pipefitter jobs across Texas currently run a median of $32/hr in our index, with the middle half of them falling between $28–$38/hr across 17 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 Deer Park, TX

We're tracking 14 other active welding openings in Deer Park, TX right now, from 9 different employers. 3 of them were added in the last week. Across Texas as a whole we're tracking 1,339 other active welding openings from 720 employers. A metro this active generally means you have real leverage — employers here are competing for the same welders. Browse every welding job in Deer Park, or widen the search to Texas.

The most active employers in Texas at the moment, by number of open welding reqs, are Welding Shop in Houston, TX (27), Zachry Group (22), and Austin Industries (16). 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 $40/hr, Arlington at $39/hr, and Midlothian at $38/hr. If you can relocate or commute, that spread is worth factoring in.

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