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Overview

The Fabrication Helper position involves physical labor including standing, walking, and lifting, while assisting with the preparation, fabrication, and installation of piping systems. Candidates must be committed to safety and able to work in various outdoor conditions.

Responsibilities

  • Identify all tools required for tasks.
  • Identify safety risks and the precautions required to eliminate those risks.
  • Assist with preparation, fabrication, installation, and fitting of pipe to specifications.
  • Assist with the installation of valves, hangers, supports, flanges inside piping system according to plans and applicable specifications.
  • Assist with the testing to ensure the quality of the pipe and the piping systems.
  • Assist with hoisting loads using slings, chains, shackles, hooks, cables, and other rigging equipment.

Requirements

  • Good problem-solving abilities.
  • Good aptitude and manual dexterity.
  • Good reading comprehension.
  • Ability to work with others – team player.
  • Ability to work independently – minimal supervision.
  • Good communication skills with co-workers and supervisors.
  • A commitment to Zachry values and safety rules and regulations.

Additional Information

  • Employee will be required to adhere to large amounts of standing, walking, bending, squatting and lifting.
  • Must be capable of working outside in the elements including but not limited to the heat, cold, rain, snow and wind; and must be able to work for long period of times up to 12 hours a day.
  • Will be required to wear personal protective equipment (PPE) including but not limited to: hard hat, safety glasses/goggles, ear plugs/muffs, masks/respirators, safety vests, gloves and steel-toe boots.
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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 $27/hr in our index, with the middle half of them falling between $21–$37/hr across 9 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 43 other active welding openings in Pasadena, TX right now, from 20 different employers. 2 of them were added in the last week. Across Texas as a whole we're tracking 949 other active welding openings from 416 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.

Zachry Group currently has 23 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 (34), Zachry Group (23), and Welding Shop in Houston, TX (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 Old Sixth Ward at $40/hr, Dallas at $36/hr, and Channelview at $32/hr. If you can relocate or commute, that spread is worth factoring in.

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