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Overview

As a Lead Equipment Operator with APTIM, you will operate various machinery for the installation of HDPE piping at landfill project sites. APTIM is a leading professional solutions firm specializing in environmental, sustainability, resilience, and infrastructure solutions.

Responsibilities

  • Read and follow drawing sets to complete tasks on the project site.
  • Follow all maintenance and safety procedures.
  • Connect sections of pipe using HDPE welding machines and PVC pipe with glue and primer.
  • Maintain and adjust machinery to ensure proper performance.
  • Operate off road trucks and excavators on side slopes.
  • Measure materials or objects for installation or assembly.
  • Mix substances or compounds needed for work activities.
  • Repair or replace defective parts of machinery using hand tools.
  • Install well heads and valves.

Requirements

  • Must have at least 3 years of experience being an Equipment Operator.
  • Proficiently operates hand and foot levers to ensure proper operation of assigned equipment.
  • Strong knowledge of safely operating assigned equipment.
  • Excellent interpersonal skills and self-motivated.
  • Strong written and oral communication skills.
  • Strong time management and organizational skills.

Benefits

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

Benefits

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

Pay in context

At roughly $31/hr, this posting sits about 22% above the $25/hr median for welding jobs in Houston, TX — toward the top of a $22–$34/hr middle band drawn from 76 postings with published pay. Put another way, it pays more than about 67% of the comparable postings we have wage data for. Pay that far above local median usually comes attached to something: a harder cert requirement, travel, night shift, or overtime that isn't really optional. Worth establishing which before you accept.

The local market in Houston, TX

We're tracking 329 other active welding openings in Houston, TX right now, from 194 different employers. 126 of them were added in the last week. Across Texas as a whole we're tracking 1,339 other active welding openings from 721 employers. A metro this active generally means you have real leverage — employers here are competing for the same welders. Browse every welding job in Houston, or widen the search to Texas.

APTIM 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 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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