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Overview

Frellmann Water Technologies is a startup focused on advanced Photocatalytic Purification technology to eliminate difficult contaminants like PFAS. They are seeking an Industrial Technician to assist in building and deploying this technology, offering a high-impact role in a fast-paced environment.

Responsibilities

  • Work with engineering team and assist with fabrication
  • Assemble custom parts to create the basics of technology installation
  • Assist in creating ad hoc fixtures as needed using CAD and 3D printers
  • Clean, maintain, and calibrate lab equipment and tools
  • Work with various machines including chillers, pumps, and relevant water flow equipment
  • Ensure successful installation at customer sites

Requirements

  • 2 to 4 years of experience as an industrial/mechanical/installation/maintenance technician
  • PLC Panel Install and programming experience
  • Proficiency with various power tools and hand tools
  • Experience with plumbing
  • Welding skills are a must-have
  • Experience with electrical components is highly desired
  • Comfortable working in a startup/fast-paced environment

Benefits

  • Health Insurance
  • PTO

Additional Information

  • The Technician is expected to travel to customer sites for installations, approximately 25% of the time.
  • Installations are expected to take a few days at a time for completion and testing.

Benefits

Health Insurance
PTO
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How this job compares in Houston, TX

Pay in context

At roughly $33/hr, this posting sits about 25% above the $26/hr median for welding jobs in Houston, TX — toward the top of a $22–$34/hr middle band drawn from 86 postings with published pay. Put another way, it pays more than about 71% 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 360 other active welding openings in Houston, TX right now, from 210 different employers. 158 of them were added in the last week. Across Texas as a whole we're tracking 1,424 other active welding openings from 736 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 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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