Job Description

Overview

The General Laborer I works as part of the production team to ensure that operational goals are met safely and efficiently. This position involves handling vehicles in a safe manner to produce core and scrap products while upholding company policies and procedures.

Responsibilities

  • Work safely at all times and promote the Pick-n-Pull Safety Culture.
  • Adhere to and model all company policies and procedures.
  • Safely remove Freon, power steering fluid, power brake fluid, batteries, and other materials.
  • Properly extract gasoline, coolant, waste oil, and other fluids in accordance with prescribed procedures.
  • Position vehicles on wheel stands for customer access to sellable parts.
  • Loosen motor and transmission mounts and remove remaining tires and selected core items.
  • Remove heater cores, copper wire, and other designated materials.
  • Maintain the crush pad work area to minimize equipment downtime and ensure environmental compliance.
  • Dismantle engines and transmissions and perform related duties.
  • Operate the tire machine to separate rubber tires from wheels.
  • Collect and harvest dismantled core materials and address safety hazards.
  • Assist customers in a courteous and professional manner.
  • Prepare Gaylord boxes and pallets for shipment and complete regulatory logs.
  • Perform additional duties as assigned.

Requirements

  • Ability to follow verbal and written instructions.
  • Ability to work required hours, including weekends and holidays.
  • Ability to work effectively in various outdoor weather conditions.

Benefits

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

Additional Information

  • Works in outdoor environments within an auto salvage yard setting.
  • Variable schedule including weekends, holidays, and peak sale days is required.

Benefits

Health Insurance
Dental
Vision
401k
PTO

How this job compares in Dallas, TX

Pay in context

This employer didn't publish a rate. For reference, welding jobs in Dallas, TX currently run a median of $35/hr in our index, with the middle half of them falling between $30–$43/hr across 49 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 Dallas, TX

We're tracking 124 other active welding openings in Dallas, TX right now, from 89 different employers. 55 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 Dallas, 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.

Similar openings near Dallas, TX

Pay figures are medians computed from live postings in the Welding Pros index, not from survey data, and they move as employers post. General Laborer I figures were last recalculated when this page was built.