Job Description

Overview

Zachry Construction Corporation, a family-owned company with over a century of experience in shaping America's infrastructure, is seeking Carpenters/Form Setters to join their team. The role involves performing various carpentry tasks on highway, road, and bridge construction projects, emphasizing safety, quality, and teamwork.

Responsibilities

  • Construct, brace, and secure forms for concrete structures such as retaining walls, pipes, and bridges.
  • Build, align, and secure structure forms for concrete placement.
  • Set and brace forms for retaining walls, bridges, and other structural components.
  • Read and interpret construction drawings, sketches, and blueprints to ensure accurate formwork.
  • Use hand and power tools to measure, cut, and assemble form materials.
  • Maintain a clean, organized, and safe work environment.
  • Perform other related duties as assigned to support project needs.

Requirements

  • 3+ years of previous carpenter experience in all types of structural forms, including Symon, EFCO, and Wood forms for cast-in-place (CIP).
  • Advanced wood forming experience.
  • Must provide your own hand tools, such as hammer, pouch, level, 8” crescent wrench, and tape measure.
  • Basic knowledge of operating hand and power tools used in construction.
  • Ability to read and understand construction plans, sketches, and blueprints.
  • Ability to perform physical requirements of the job, including standing, reaching, bending, lifting, carrying, and climbing.
  • Ability to work outdoors in various weather conditions.
  • Flexibility to work days, nights, and weekends as needed.

Benefits

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

Additional Information

  • Relocation may be required for ongoing opportunities and career growth.

Benefits

Health Insurance
Dental
Vision
PTO
401k

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 122 other active welding openings in Dallas, TX right now, from 87 different employers. 55 of them were added in the last week. Across Texas as a whole we're tracking 1,322 other active welding openings from 712 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.

Zachry Construction Corporation 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.

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. Carpenter/Form Setter figures were last recalculated when this page was built.