Job Description

Overview

The Fabrication Lead directs the fabrication and assembly of pipe products at TAS, a Houston-headquartered company that specializes in innovative packaged modular systems for data centers, power, and commercial/industrial utility applications.

Responsibilities

  • Fabricate pipes to required customizations
  • Manage all Work Orders associated with fabrication
  • Supervise work team in the planning and execution of a wide variety of fabrication
  • Plan resource requirements based on Work Orders and production plan
  • Foster a spirit of teamwork within the department
  • Track, assign, and monitor work orders
  • Ensure timeliness, safety and quality of material movement
  • Responsible for safe work practices and maintaining a safe work environment
  • Train employees on changes in safety regulations, work policies, and standards
  • Develop skills and abilities of team members
  • Ensure all department employees complete required training
  • Perform any other duties as assigned by TAS

Requirements

  • High school diploma
  • Two years of pipe or structural fabrication experience
  • Knowledge of team leading practices and techniques
  • Ability to effectively coordinate and supervise multiple work orders
  • Able to make decisions
  • Commitment to continual improvement and effective quality management systems
  • Professional manner in dealing with others
  • Ability to read blueprints and follow product specification instructions
  • Understanding of the production and Work Order process
  • Experience in managing people

Additional Information

  • Work performed in a non-climate-controlled shop environment
  • Ability to stand and/or walk for extended periods throughout the workday, up to 10 hours per day
  • Regularly required to stand, walk, bend, twist, reach, and maintain balance
  • Frequent lifting of materials up to 50 pounds
  • Proper PPE required in the manufacturing facility

How this job compares in Missouri City, TX

Pay in context

This employer didn't publish a rate. For reference, structural welder jobs across Texas currently run a median of $31/hr in our index, with the middle half of them falling between $28–$35/hr across 24 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 Missouri City, TX

Missouri City, TX is a small market in our index: 1 other active welding opening alongside this one, from 1 employer. Across Texas as a whole we're tracking 1,256 other active welding openings from 561 employers. With this few local postings, most welders here end up either commuting or looking at travel work. Browse welding jobs across 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.

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