Job Description

Overview

CMC is a Fortune 500 company that focuses on steel and construction reinforcement, offering a supportive environment for employees to grow in their careers. The Structural Fabricator role provides an opportunity to learn about the steel industry while contributing to various tasks in a fabrication setting.

Responsibilities

  • Attend training regarding applicable equipment.
  • Perform additional duties as needed.
  • Assist in loading fabricated rebar on trailers and unloading stock material from trailers.
  • Maintain the work area and equipment in a clean orderly condition.
  • Operate production machines in accordance with established procedures and guidelines.
  • Participate in the CMC Safety Programs and proactively uphold the CMC Safety Culture.
  • Cross-train on multiple machines.
  • Operate rebar fabrication equipment, such as shears, benders, cranes, forklift, threaders, forging, welders, etc.

Requirements

  • Must be able to work outside under all weather conditions.
  • Able and willing to cross train as required.
  • Follow OSHA, EPA, and company safety policies, rules, and regulations.
  • Possess a strong work ethic and practice safe working habits.
  • Ability to work as a team player in a fast-paced environment.
  • Ability to operate fabrication machines in a safe manner without supervision.
  • Able to work overtime as business requires.
  • Must be able to lift 50 pounds, climb ladders and steps.
  • Must be able to read technical documents and service manuals.
  • Possess knowledge of commonly used concepts, practices, and procedures in the industrial field.
  • Excellent communication skills, in both written and verbal form are necessary.
  • Minimum 1 year working with heavy industrial environment experience preferred.
  • Must possess work ethic and ability to be punctual.
  • Stand for long periods of time.

Benefits

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

Benefits

Health Insurance
Vision
Dental
PTO
401k

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 88 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 351 other active welding openings in Houston, TX right now, from 196 different employers. 116 of them were added in the last week. Across Texas as a whole we're tracking 1,395 other active welding openings from 683 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.

CMC 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 Welding Shop in Austin, TX (26), Zachry Group (25), and Austin Industries (25). 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 Burleson at $40/hr, La Porte at $38/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. Structural Fabricator figures were last recalculated when this page was built.