Job Description

Overview

The Operations Specialist position in Missouri City, TX, involves the operation and maintenance of various equipment including pipelines, compressors, and auxiliary systems. The role requires a high school education and offers the opportunity to work in a dynamic environment focused on safety and operational excellence.

Responsibilities

  • Install, repair, service and maintain valves, pipeline appurtenances, and measurement equipment.
  • Maintain and operate equipment such as industrial tractors, water pumps, and air compressors.
  • Represent the company during contacts with landowners and public officials.
  • Oversee construction and maintenance activities performed by third parties.
  • Train and oversee company and third-party personnel.
  • Perform governmental compliance activities with agencies like DOT and EPA.
  • Diagnose and repair engines, turbines, pumps, seals, valves, and instruments.
  • Complete all applicable documentation and record keeping.
  • Participate in safety programs and initiatives.
  • Perform minor electrical maintenance.

Requirements

  • High School degree or equivalent.
  • Basic computer skills including knowledge of MS Office.
  • Basic math skills including addition, subtraction, multiplication, and division.
  • Must possess and maintain a valid driver's license.
  • Ability to respond to callouts and emergencies during and after regular business hours.
  • Good verbal and written communication skills.
  • Ability to work with customers, suppliers, and management.

Additional Information

  • Must be able to withstand extreme weather conditions.
  • Must be able to frequently enter confined spaces and work from elevated platforms.
  • Overtime may be required.

How this job compares in Houston, TX

Pay in context

This employer didn't publish a rate. For reference, welding jobs in Houston, TX currently run a median of $26/hr in our index, with the middle half of them falling between $22–$34/hr across 87 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 Houston, TX

We're tracking 360 other active welding openings in Houston, TX right now, from 211 different employers. 124 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 Houston, or widen the search to Texas.

Kinder Morgan, Inc. currently has 3 other openings 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.

Similar openings near Houston, TX

Pay figures are medians computed from live postings in the Welding Pros index, not from survey data, and they move as employers post. OPERATIONS SPECIALIST (MISSOURI CITY, TX) figures were last recalculated when this page was built.