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Overview

SCA Sign Group is seeking an experienced electrical sign fabricator to join their busy sign shop. The ideal candidate will have previous sign fabrication experience and will assist with various tasks related to sign production.

Responsibilities

  • Plan, prepare, and use materials to minimize waste.
  • Operate metal cutting equipment to cut materials to job specifications.
  • Operate welding equipment to weld sign parts together.
  • Implement and maintain quality control and safety during material handling, cutting, and welding.
  • Sand, grind, polish, and clean cut materials.
  • Layout materials for skinning or covering sign structures.
  • Operate Accubend Channel Letter Machine and Clincher.
  • Operate CNC Router.
  • Operate Vinyl Plotter.
  • Fabricate using various types of sign materials such as wood, metal, acrylic, diabond, and coroplast.
  • Be familiar with pylon signs, channel letters, sign cabinets, FCO letters, and vinyl production and application.
  • Bend and shape sign parts by hand or using brakes according to job specifications.
  • Drill, rivet, screw, or adhere sign parts together.
  • Repair products by dismantling, straightening, and reshaping.
  • Operate skid steer for moving and positioning materials and supplies.
  • Maintain a safe working environment.
  • Maintain a clean and orderly work area.
  • Complete all tasks and to-dos as assigned by the supervisor.
  • Have experience with Matthews Paint Systems.

Requirements

  • Must have previous sign fabrication experience.
  • Must have reliable transportation.
  • Must be dependable.
  • Must have a valid driver's license and/or ID.
  • Must provide proof of legal work status.
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How this job compares in Houston, TX

Pay in context

At roughly $28/hr, this posting sits about 15% above the $24/hr median for welding jobs in Houston, TX — toward the top of a $22–$30/hr middle band drawn from 65 postings with published pay. Put another way, it pays more than about 68% 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 228 other active welding openings in Houston, TX right now, from 131 different employers. 24 of them were added in the last week. Across Texas as a whole we're tracking 1,016 other active welding openings from 540 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.

The most active employers in Texas at the moment, by number of open welding reqs, are Welding Shop in Houston, TX (28), Welding Shop in Austin, TX (23), and Zachry Group (21). 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, Midlothian at $38/hr, and Dallas at $35/hr. If you can relocate or commute, that spread is worth factoring in.

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Pay figures are medians computed from live postings in the Welding Pros index, not from survey data, and they move as employers post. EXPERIENCED Electrical Sign Fabricator / Vinyl Production figures were last recalculated when this page was built.