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Solvay

Maintenance Technician (F/M/X)

Location

La Porte, TX

Wage

$35 – $55/hr

Employment Type

Full-time

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Posted on October 2, 2026

Job Description

Overview

Solvay is a pioneering chemical company focused on improving lives while preserving the planet's beauty. The Maintenance Technician role involves performing a variety of maintenance activities to support the safe and efficient operation of the facility.

Responsibilities

  • Perform maintenance, repair, and troubleshooting activities on plant equipment and systems.
  • Complete preventative maintenance activities on rotating and stationary equipment.
  • Support fabrication, installation, inspection, and repair of piping, structural, and mechanical systems.
  • Collaborate with operations and reliability teams to resolve equipment issues.
  • Maintain compliance with safety standards and support continuous improvement initiatives.

Requirements

  • High School Diploma or equivalent required.
  • Minimum three years of industrial maintenance experience required.
  • Multiple NCCER certifications are preferred.
  • Ability to work independently and use SAP and computer systems effectively.

Benefits

  • Health Insurance
  • PTO

Additional Information

  • Permanent position based onsite working a 4/10 schedule.
  • Overtime, weekend, holiday, and on-call responsibilities as required.

Benefits

Health Insurance
PTO
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How this job compares in La Porte, TX

Pay in context

At roughly $45/hr, this posting sits about 61% above the $28/hr median for welding jobs across Texas — toward the top of a $23–$35/hr middle band drawn from 422 postings with published pay. Put another way, it pays more than about 91% of the comparable postings we have wage data for. Pay that far above local median usually comes attached to something: a harder cert requirement, travel, night shift, or overtime that isn't really optional. Worth establishing which before you accept.

The local market in La Porte, TX

We're tracking 28 other active welding openings in La Porte, TX right now, from 10 different employers. 2 of them were added in the last week. Across Texas as a whole we're tracking 1,256 other active welding openings from 561 employers. A metro this active generally means you have real leverage — employers here are competing for the same welders. Browse every welding job in La Porte, or widen the search to Texas.

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. If you can relocate or commute, that spread is worth factoring in.

Similar openings near La Porte, TX

Pay figures are medians computed from live postings in the Welding Pros index, not from survey data, and they move as employers post. Maintenance Technician (F/M/X) figures were last recalculated when this page was built.