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Job Description

Overview

Emerson is seeking an experienced valve technician for a position in Pasadena, Texas, where the candidate will be responsible for the teardown, repair, assembly, calibration, and diagnostics of control valves and instruments in a shop environment with some field service required.

Responsibilities

  • Assembly of new equipment or repaired equipment.
  • Documentation of repair, testing, and assembly activities.
  • Various inventory control responsibilities including stocking shelves and cycle counting.
  • Customer communication for technical assistance and troubleshooting.
  • Participation in field service calls at customer sites, which may require overnight stays.
  • Assisting with shipping and receiving when needed.
  • Disassembly, cleanup, and evaluation of parts.
  • Surface preparation and painting of assemblies and parts.
  • Final inspection and completion of inspection reports.
  • Adherence to safety, quality, and company regulations.
  • Responsible for personal safety and maintaining excellent housekeeping standards.
  • Participation in Safety, Quality, and Activities Committees.

Requirements

  • 5+ years of experience with valves, machining, welding, or fabricating.
  • Experience with ERP systems required; Oracle or similar preferred.
  • Excellent communication, interpersonal, and customer relations skills.
  • Personal computer experience strongly preferred.
  • Legal authorization to work in the United States.

Benefits

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

Additional Information

  • Position based in Pasadena, Texas.
  • May require overnight stays for field service.

Benefits

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

Pay in context

This employer didn't publish a rate. For reference, welding jobs in Pasadena, TX currently run a median of $36/hr in our index, with the middle half of them falling between $27–$43/hr across 8 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 Pasadena, TX

We're tracking 41 other active welding openings in Pasadena, TX right now, from 19 different employers. 7 of them were added in the last week. Across Texas as a whole we're tracking 1,132 other active welding openings from 498 employers. A metro this active generally means you have real leverage — employers here are competing for the same welders. Browse every welding job in Pasadena, or widen the search to Texas.

Emerson 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 Zachry Group (33), Austin Industries (30), and Welding Shop in Austin, TX (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 Arlington at $40/hr, Dallas at $39/hr, and Pasadena at $36/hr. Pasadena is among them.

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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. Valve Technician figures were last recalculated when this page was built.