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Overview

Join a department where your work directly fuels groundbreaking discoveries in cancer research. As part of the Operations & Maintenance (OAM) team, you will support world-class researchers, including a Nobel Prize-winning scientist, in a mission-driven community committed to eliminating cancer.

Responsibilities

  • Provide skilled plumbing work in the installation, maintenance, and repair of various utility systems.
  • Interpret and work from instructions, blueprints, sketches, and diagrams.
  • Estimate costs of work, requisition materials, and maintain inventories.
  • Coordinate and prioritize the workflow of plumbers, technicians, and mechanics.
  • Investigate outages and participate in process improvement initiatives.
  • Inspect contracted plumbing work for compliance.
  • Utilize Computerized Maintenance Management System (CMMS) for work orders.
  • Respond to all critical equipment alarms and code red alarms.
  • Manage and assist in the preventative maintenance program for sterilization and glass wash equipment.
  • Oversee certifications and deliveries on all medical gases.

Requirements

  • High School Diploma or Equivalent.
  • One year post-journeyman plumbing experience.
  • Journeyman Plumber Texas license required upon hire.
  • Preferred: Completion of a recognized apprenticeship.
  • Preferred: Backflow Prevention Assembly Tester certification.
  • Preferred: Medical Gas Piping Installation certification.
  • Preferred: Valid Texas Drivers License.

Benefits

  • Health Insurance
  • Dental
  • Vision
  • PTO
  • Retirement

Additional Information

  • Work Schedule: Monday-Friday, 7am-3:30pm.
  • Employment Status: Full-Time.
  • Work Location: Onsite.
  • Referral Bonus Available: Yes.
  • Relocation Assistance Available: Yes.

Benefits

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

Pay in context

At roughly $41/hr, this posting sits about 65% above the $25/hr median for welding jobs in Houston, TX — toward the top of a $22–$32/hr middle band drawn from 76 postings with published pay. Put another way, it pays more than about 87% 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.

UT MD Anderson 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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