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Overview

Thompson Pipe Group is a family-built company and North America’s most diverse provider of drainage, sanitary, pressure, and trench-less pipe. The Concrete Pipe Manufacturing Operations Lead will oversee nightly operations to ensure safety, quality, and productivity in the manufacturing process.

Responsibilities

  • Own nightly execution across pipe finishing, outlets/specials, and loading.
  • Stage and coordinate material deliveries to keep work flowing.
  • Champion safety, quality, and throughput with a strong on-floor presence.
  • Create and track action plans to meet commitments and deadlines.
  • Monitor policy compliance, drive productivity, and evaluate personnel.
  • Interpret blueprints/specifications; apply welding knowledge to resolve issues.
  • Verify quality to ensure products meet drawings and customer expectations.
  • Lead communications and training to upskill the team.
  • Complete administrative requirements per company procedures.
  • Maintain order and strive for zero defects/incidents.

Requirements

  • Bilingual English/Spanish communication (speak, read, write).
  • 2+ years leading in manufacturing or production support.
  • Welding knowledge and technical aptitude.
  • High School Diploma or G.E.D. preferred.

Benefits

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

Additional Information

  • Shift: 5 p.m. – 5 a.m.
  • Work in an outdoor plant environment with exposure to heat, cold, rain, dust, fumes, and varying temperatures, and around moving machinery.

Benefits

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

Pay in context

At roughly $23/hr, this posting comes in about 23% below the $30/hr median for welding jobs in Grand Prairie, TX, where the middle half runs $28–$34/hr across 11 postings with published pay. Put another way, it pays more than about 9% 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 Grand Prairie, TX

We're tracking 32 other active welding openings in Grand Prairie, TX right now, from 17 different employers. 10 of them were added in the last week. Across Texas as a whole we're tracking 1,322 other active welding openings from 611 employers. A metro this active generally means you have real leverage — employers here are competing for the same welders. Browse every welding job in Grand Prairie, or widen the search to Texas.

Thompson Pipe Group currently has 4 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 Austin Industries (32), Welding Shop in Austin, TX (27), and Zachry Group (21). 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 San Angelo at $39/hr, La Porte at $38/hr, and Pasadena at $38/hr. If you can relocate or commute, that spread is worth factoring in.

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