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Overview

Marine Systems, Inc. is hiring for a Field Mechanic I in Channelview, TX. The role involves performing mechanical and electronic troubleshooting, ensuring safety, and maintaining effective communication with supervisors and customers.

Responsibilities

  • Maintain safe working conditions in your work area at all times
  • Use Stop Work Responsibility to stop an unsafe act
  • Perform rigging duties on jobs, unsupervised
  • Perform advanced troubleshooting and repairs, unsupervised
  • Perform advanced electronic troubleshooting/repairs and interpret electrical diagrams
  • Submit parts list for jobs
  • Research and reference manufacturers' maintenance manuals for specifications and recommendations
  • Write detailed reports using company forms
  • Coordinate with supervisor and customer on jobs
  • Follow service job protocol
  • Perform lead mechanic duties on jobs with multiple underclassmen, when required
  • Other duties as assigned

Requirements

  • Maintain a positive attitude and work towards achieving a Safety Goal of Zero Incidents
  • Maintain dependability and punctuality
  • Work on weekends and holidays
  • Work under the direction of Senior Mechanics
  • Work out of town for extended periods
  • Maintain good study and learning habits
  • Maintain good verbal and written communication skills
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How this job compares in Channelview, TX

Pay in context

This employer didn't publish a rate. For reference, welding jobs across Texas currently run a median of $28/hr in our index, with the middle half of them falling between $23–$35/hr across 467 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 Channelview, TX

We're tracking 17 other active welding openings in Channelview, TX right now, from 7 different employers. 5 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 Channelview, 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 Channelview, TX

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