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Job Description

Overview

Discover a career at Depot Connect International (DCI), a global leader in the Tank/ISO Tank Container Services and Tank Trailer Parts industry. The Tank Welder Helper will assist tank welders and mechanics with various tasks related to tank maintenance and repair.

Responsibilities

  • Pressure test tanks, drain and dry out tanks
  • Repair and replace tank container valves, gaskets, and gauges
  • Operate hoists, cranes, and precision measuring and testing instruments
  • Observe and listen to mechanical devices to diagnose causes of mechanical issues
  • Repair and replace defective parts, inspect and adjust used parts
  • Lubricate and clean parts
  • Operate lathe, drill press and grinders
  • Use hand tools and power tools
  • Buff tanks as needed

Requirements

  • Candidates will possess a mechanical background
  • Possess good communication skills (verbal and written)
  • Detail oriented
  • Ability to wear a respirator and be comfortable with heights on top of tanks
  • Work in enclosed spaces inside of tanks

Benefits

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

Additional Information

  • Location: 16230 De Zavalla Road, Channelview, TX 77530
  • Hours: Monday through Friday, 8:00 AM to 5:00 PM

Benefits

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

Pay in context

At roughly $21/hr, this posting comes in about 42% below the $36/hr median for welding jobs in Pasadena, TX, where the middle half runs $31–$40/hr across 9 postings with published pay. Put another way, it pays more than about 11% 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 Pasadena, TX

We're tracking 47 other active welding openings in Pasadena, TX right now, from 24 different employers. 11 of them were added in the last week. Across Texas as a whole we're tracking 1,256 other active welding openings from 562 employers. A metro this active generally means you have real leverage — employers here are competing for the same welders. Browse every welding job in Pasadena, or widen the search to Texas.

Depot Connect International currently has 2 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 (34), 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 Pasadena at $36/hr, Dallas at $35/hr, and Midlothian at $35/hr. Pasadena is among them.

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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. Tank Welder Helper figures were last recalculated when this page was built.