Job Description

Overview

Wood is seeking a Carpenter Journeyperson for a Civil Project in Baytown, TX, lasting until the end of 2026. A TWIC card is required, and the company offers various benefits including health insurance and 401k.

Responsibilities

  • Builds wooden structures according to blueprints or oral instructions.
  • Examines blueprints or building plans to determine material requirements.
  • Selects, loads, and hauls job material to the work site.
  • Prepares layout of forms or fixtures using lines or grades.
  • Measures and marks cutting lines on materials using tools.
  • Shapes materials to required sizes using saws, chisels, and planes.
  • Verifies accuracy of structures with transit, plumb bob, square, and level.
  • Uses carpentry hand tools and power tools.
  • Constructs concrete-supporting forms and braces them in place.
  • Erects framework for structures and lays sub-flooring.
  • Cuts and assembles timbers for trestles and cofferdams.
  • Erects scaffolding and installs ladders and handrails.
  • Constructs forms and aligns form panels for pouring concrete.
  • Fits and installs pre-fabricated window frames and doors.
  • Fits and nails sheathing on outer walls and roofs.
  • Sets and braces anchor bolts.
  • Performs minor maintenance or cleaning activities.
  • Ability to tie rebar and operate electric and pneumatic tools.

Requirements

  • Previous experience in the field.
  • Knowledge of commonly-used concepts, practices, and procedures.
  • Ability to work within precise standards of accuracy.
  • Ability to compare and see differences in size, shape, and form.
  • Ability to observe flat drawings and understand their 3D representations.
  • Basic mathematical skills.
  • Ability to follow oral and written directions.
  • Ability to work at heights without fear.

Benefits

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

Additional Information

  • Authorization to work lawfully in the US without sponsorship is required.

Benefits

Health Insurance
Dental
Vision
401k
PTO

How this job compares in Baytown, TX

Pay in context

This employer didn't publish a rate. For reference, welding jobs across Texas currently run a median of $28/hr in our index, with the middle half of them falling between $23–$36/hr across 440 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 Baytown, TX

We're tracking 63 other active welding openings in Baytown, TX right now, from 28 different employers. 18 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 Baytown, or widen the search to Texas.

Wood currently has 1 other opening 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.

Similar openings near Baytown, TX

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