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Job Description

Overview

We are a full metal fabrication shop located in Houston, TX, seeking skilled sheet metal fabricators and welders. The job involves using a press brake and metal sheer to create various metal components, with a focus on reliability and eagerness to work.

Responsibilities

  • Use a press brake and metal sheer to bend trim and metal.
  • Weld steel beams and metal building components.
  • Assist with loading customer orders and maintaining shop organization.
  • Drive materials and crews to jobs and help on-site.
  • Ensure cleanliness and assist with various tasks as needed.

Requirements

  • Experience in welding and fabrication is a plus.
  • Valid driver's license and good driving record for helpers.
  • Knowledgeable and eager to work.
  • Bilingual is a plus.

Additional Information

  • Pay starts at $15/hr with overtime over 40 hours.
  • Most weeks involve 55+ hours.
  • Location: 2309 W Mount Houston Rd, Houston, TX 77038.
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How this job compares in Houston, TX

Pay in context

At roughly $15/hr, this posting comes in about 37% below the $24/hr median for welding jobs in Houston, TX, where the middle half runs $22–$33/hr across 70 postings with published pay. Put another way, it pays more than about 1% 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 Houston, TX

We're tracking 251 other active welding openings in Houston, TX right now, from 145 different employers. 14 of them were added in the last week. Across Texas as a whole we're tracking 976 other active welding openings from 439 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.

Welding Shop in Houston, TX currently has 17 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 (33), Welding Shop in Austin, TX (22), and Zachry Group (21). 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 Old Sixth Ward at $40/hr, Pasadena at $36/hr, and Dallas at $33/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. Sheet Metal Shop Helpers and Fabricator/Welder Needed figures were last recalculated when this page was built.