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Job Description

Overview

SCA Sign Group is seeking an experienced electrical sign fabricator to join their busy sign shop. The ideal candidate will have prior sign fabrication experience and be able to assist with various tasks and responsibilities.

Responsibilities

  • Plan, prepare, and use materials to minimize waste.
  • Operate metal cutting equipment to cut materials to job specifications.
  • Use welding equipment to weld sign parts together.
  • Implement and maintain quality control and safety during material handling, cutting, and welding.
  • Sand, grind, polish, and clean cut materials.
  • Layout materials for skinning or covering sign structures.
  • Fabricate using various types of sign materials such as wood, metal, acrylic, diabond, and coroplast.
  • Be familiar with pylon signs, channel letters, sign cabinets, and FCO letters.
  • Bend and shape sign parts by hand or using brakes according to job specifications.
  • Drill, rivet, screw, or adhere sign parts together.
  • Repair products by dismantling, straightening, and reshaping.
  • Operate skid steer for moving and positioning materials and supplies.
  • Maintain a safe working environment.
  • Keep a clean and orderly work area.
  • Complete all tasks and to-dos as assigned by the supervisor.

Requirements

  • Must have previous sign fabrication experience.
  • Must have reliable transportation.
  • Must be dependable.
  • Must have a valid driver's license and/or ID.
  • Must provide proof of legal work status.
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How this job compares in Houston, TX

Pay in context

At roughly $24/hr, this posting lands within a few percent of the $24/hr median for welding jobs in Houston, TX, whose middle half runs $22–$32/hr across 70 postings with published pay. Put another way, it pays more than about 50% 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 256 other active welding openings in Houston, TX right now, from 144 different employers. 22 of them were added in the last week. Across Texas as a whole we're tracking 1,031 other active welding openings from 472 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.

SCA Sign Group 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 Austin Industries (30), 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 Midlothian at $38/hr, Pasadena at $38/hr, and Dallas at $33/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. EXPERIENCED Electrical Sign Fabricator figures were last recalculated when this page was built.