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Overview

The Process & Finishing Personnel position involves verifying work according to the process router, performing end-finishing on products, and ensuring successful completion of the zinc phosphate process. The role requires operating various machinery and maintaining a clean work area.

Responsibilities

  • Verify work required to the process router.
  • Perform necessary end-finishing to all products.
  • Remove thread protectors at the beginning of the process.
  • Operate pipe handling systems to navigate products through the zinc phosphate process.
  • Ensure that the zinc phosphate process is completed successfully before the product is sent to the next process.
  • Stamp, paint, and stencil product as required by the process router.
  • Bead blast product as needed.
  • Apply lubricant and replace thread protectors.
  • Verify product dimension and heat information with router provided.
  • Use a swage machine to reshape the end of pipe using high pressure to prepare for threading.
  • Use stress relieving equipment to reduce residual stress remaining in pipe as a result of swaging.
  • Document information related to joint number, size stressed to, and heated temperature for stress relieving.
  • Operate the forklift as needed to assist the production process.
  • Maintain process and finish area in a neat and clean condition.
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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 488 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 Baytown, TX

We're tracking 73 other active welding openings in Baytown, TX right now, from 28 different employers. 20 of them were added in the last week. Across Texas as a whole we're tracking 1,424 other active welding openings from 737 employers. A metro this active generally means you have real leverage — employers here are competing for the same welders. Browse every welding job in Baytown, or widen the search to Texas.

Hunting 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 Zachry Group (26), Welding Shop in Houston, TX (25), and Austin Industries (23). 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, San Angelo at $39/hr, and Midlothian at $38/hr. If you can relocate or commute, that spread is worth factoring in.

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