Job Description

Overview

Arcosa Shoring Products is seeking a 2nd Shift Foreman for their Houston, TX plant. The foreman will oversee and schedule daily tasks for the crew, collaborating with team members and reporting to the Plant Manager.

Responsibilities

  • Manage a CNC work area that consists of lathes and mills.
  • Review all project activities, work equipment, and sites daily to ensure compliance with company standards and OSHA regulations.
  • Delegate jobs to team members based on their capabilities and project requirements.
  • Meet with other managers and necessary personnel to resolve conflicts and issues.
  • Train new crew members and provide ongoing education to ensure compliance with specifications.
  • Direct layout on complex subassemblies and final products.
  • Check and monitor the fit-up and completion of final welds.
  • Layout and mark weld points on parts or subassemblies.
  • Inspect completed work for conformance to specifications.
  • Follow all safety rules and practices.
  • Maintain and complete all required records.
  • May be involved in safety committees or initiatives.

Requirements

  • 2 years’ experience in a supervisory/foreman position in the Shoring Industry.
  • Ability to give direction and make decisions related to finances and crew members.
  • Minimum 2 years of knowledge in welding.
  • Able to read blueprints.
  • Ability to work in high-stress conditions and quickly changing environments.
  • Able to stand and walk for long periods of time.
  • High school diploma or its equivalent preferred.

Benefits

  • Health Insurance
  • Dental
  • Vision
  • Critical Illness
  • Flexible Spending Accounts
  • Company Paid Life & AD&D Insurance
  • Voluntary Life & AD&D Insurance
  • 401k
  • Short-Term Disability
  • Voluntary Long-Term Disability
  • Bonus Program

Additional Information

  • Hourly full-time position.
  • Work environment includes plant, warehouse, production, and non-production areas.
  • Position may require work/maintenance coverage beyond normal hours, shifts, and on weekends/holidays.
  • Ability to tolerate both high and low temperatures and loud noises typical of a manufacturing plant.

Benefits

Health Insurance
Dental
Vision
Critical Illness
Flexible Spending Accounts
Company Paid Life & AD&D Insurance
Voluntary Life & AD&D Insurance
401k
Short-Term Disability
Voluntary Long-Term Disability
Bonus Program

How this job compares in Houston, TX

Pay in context

This employer didn't publish a rate. For reference, welding jobs in Houston, TX currently run a median of $27/hr in our index, with the middle half of them falling between $22–$35/hr across 88 postings with published pay. That median is a reasonable floor to anchor on when a recruiter asks what you're looking for.

The local market in Houston, TX

We're tracking 361 other active welding openings in Houston, TX right now, from 196 different employers. 123 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 Houston, or widen the search to Texas.

Arcosa Inc. currently has 7 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. If you can relocate or commute, that spread is worth factoring in.

Similar openings near Houston, TX

Pay figures are medians computed from live postings in the Welding Pros index, not from survey data, and they move as employers post. 2nd Shift Foreman figures were last recalculated when this page was built.