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Overview

Hajoca Corporation, a leading privately-held wholesale distributor of plumbing, heating & cooling, and industrial supplies, is seeking an HDPE Pipe Fusion Technician for their Sandale trade name in Houston, TX. The company values service, integrity, and reliability, and offers a decentralized work environment where each location operates like a small business.

Responsibilities

  • Be responsible for quality fabrication and production of piping and related material.
  • Use angle grinders and other various electric tools for plasma cutting pipe and steel plates and preparing weld fittings.
  • Accurately read cut/fabrication sheet diagrams and measure and mark pipes.
  • Safely operate heavy machines such as a Landis threader.
  • Maintain proper maintenance on all heavy-duty equipment.
  • Maintain cleanliness, organization and safety in the fabrication shop.
  • Safely load and unload piping material via forklift.
  • Successfully complete required safety and compliance training programs as assigned.
  • Perform other reasonably related duties as assigned by immediate supervisor and other management as required.

Requirements

  • 1 or more years of warehouse or material handling experience.
  • Experience in welding and fabrication preferred.
  • Demonstrate accountability and the ability to work effectively as part of a team.
  • Willingness and ability to travel as required.
  • A strong commitment to safe work practices and operations.
  • Relevant HDPE piping, fusion, fabrication, and/or installation experience.

Benefits

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

Additional Information

  • Pay for HDPE Pipe Fusion Technician is between $18 and $35 per hour.
  • Location: Houston, TX.

Benefits

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

Pay in context

At roughly $27/hr, this posting lands within a few percent of the $27/hr median for welding jobs in Houston, TX, whose middle half runs $22–$37/hr across 85 postings with published pay. Put another way, it pays more than about 49% of the comparable postings we have wage data for. In other words it is a market-rate offer, so benefits, overtime, and shift schedule are where the real difference between this and the next posting on the list shows up.

The local market in Houston, TX

We're tracking 341 other active welding openings in Houston, TX right now, from 192 different employers. 94 of them were added in the last week. Across Texas as a whole we're tracking 1,256 other active welding openings from 596 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 Austin Industries (29), Welding Shop in Austin, TX (27), and Zachry Group (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 Midlothian at $38/hr, Irving at $38/hr, and Pasadena at $37/hr. If you can relocate or commute, that spread is worth factoring in.

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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. Hdpe Pipe Fusion Technician figures were last recalculated when this page was built.