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Overview

Thompson Pipe Group is a family-led team of engineers, contractors, and manufacturers that designs and delivers a diverse range of pipe products across North America. The Production Supervisor will guide a night-shift crew in executing pipe finishing, outlets/specials, and loading with a focus on safety and quality.

Responsibilities

  • Coordinate finishing, outlets/specials, and loading activities on time.
  • Schedule and stage accurate material deliveries.
  • Provide visible leadership on the floor to enhance safety, quality, and production standards.
  • Develop actionable plans that meet deadlines and responsibilities.
  • Ensure consistent policy adherence, productivity tracking, and personnel evaluations.
  • Oversee products that meet quality evaluations and align with specifications.
  • Maintain strong communication and training cadence.
  • Complete administrative requirements as per company procedures.
  • Keep a well-ordered work area focused on zero defects and zero incidents.

Requirements

  • Bilingual in English and Spanish.
  • 2+ years of experience leading teams in manufacturing or production support.
  • Welding knowledge and technical proficiency with blueprints/specs.
  • High School Diploma or G.E.D. preferred.

Benefits

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

Additional Information

  • Shift: 5 p.m. – 5 a.m.
  • Starting pay: $23
  • Outdoor plant environment with temperature swings and exposure to moving machinery.
  • Physical requirements include bending, squatting, crawling, climbing, reaching, and lifting up to 50 lbs.
  • PPE required: ear plugs, hard hat, steel-toe boots, gloves, safety glasses.

Benefits

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

Pay in context

At roughly $23/hr, this posting comes in about 26% below the $31/hr median for welding jobs in Grand Prairie, TX, where the middle half runs $28–$34/hr across 12 postings with published pay. Put another way, it pays more than about 8% 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 Grand Prairie, TX

We're tracking 38 other active welding openings in Grand Prairie, TX right now, from 18 different employers. 10 of them were added in the last week. Across Texas as a whole we're tracking 1,287 other active welding openings from 583 employers. A metro this active generally means you have real leverage — employers here are competing for the same welders. Browse every welding job in Grand Prairie, or widen the search to Texas.

Thompson Pipe Group currently has 4 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 (35), Welding Shop in Austin, TX (25), and Zachry Group (22). 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 Abernathy at $45/hr, Arlington at $40/hr, and Pasadena at $37/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. Production Supervisor, Pipe Outlets & Loading figures were last recalculated when this page was built.