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Overview

Ash Grove Cement, part of the CRH family of companies, is one of North America's leading cement manufacturers, seeking a Utility Laborer to perform general clean-up and material handling duties while ensuring compliance with safety policies.

Responsibilities

  • Perform general clean-up duties using various tools and equipment.
  • Assist in removing and installing refractory lining in plant equipment.
  • Clean plant and mobile equipment, including unplugging chutes and dust collectors.
  • Clean building roofs and remove snow when necessary.
  • Assist in screening grinding balls and recharging mill grinding ball load.
  • Perform janitorial and ground keeping duties.
  • Fill other positions as needed and perform other duties as assigned.
  • Operate mobile equipment such as forklifts and dump trucks.
  • Continuously observe all safety rules and keep work areas clean.

Requirements

  • High school graduation or equivalent is required.
  • Must be 18 years of age or older.
  • Minimum 2 years of experience in a related manufacturing organization is preferred.
  • Ability to read, write and understand warning labels and instructions.
  • Willingness to learn; training will be provided.
  • Ability to safely and effectively use various tools and equipment.

Benefits

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

Additional Information

  • Work performed in a shop environment and outdoors with exposure to cement dust, heat, cold, and noise.
  • Exposure to high elevations of up to 250 feet.
  • Normal operation of mobile equipment may result in jarring and vibratory exposure.

Benefits

Health Insurance
Dental
Vision
401k
PTO
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How this job compares in Midlothian, TX

Pay in context

At roughly $23/hr, this posting comes in about 40% below the $38/hr median for welding jobs in Midlothian, TX, where the middle half runs $31–$38/hr across 9 postings with published pay. Put another way, it pays more than about 0% of the comparable postings we have wage data for. That gap is worth raising directly — in a market this size there is normally room to negotiate toward the median, particularly if you already hold the certifications the posting asks for.

The local market in Midlothian, TX

We're tracking 10 other active welding openings in Midlothian, TX right now, from 6 different employers. 2 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 Midlothian, or widen the search to Texas.

CRH 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. Midlothian is among them.

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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. Utility Laborer figures were last recalculated when this page was built.