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Overview

Taurus Industrial Group, based in Houston, is a leading technical services company offering diverse services across multiple industries, including energy and industrial sectors. The Pipefitter role involves the assembly, installation, and maintenance of piping systems in various industrial environments.

Responsibilities

  • Lay out, assemble, install, maintain, modify, and repair industrial piping systems.
  • Read and interpret piping isometrics, P&IDs, and other technical documents.
  • Measure, calculate, mark, cut, bevel, prepare, fit, and assemble pipe and related components.
  • Calculate and lay out piping offsets, elevations, and configurations.
  • Position and align piping components for fit-up and welding.
  • Install and align valves, flanges, fittings, and supports.
  • Verify dimensions and component placement prior to assembly or welding.
  • Inspect piping materials and components before installation.
  • Identify and communicate any installation concerns to supervision.
  • Coordinate activities with other craft personnel and project supervision.
  • Support piping system testing and inspection activities.
  • Follow safety policies and participate in safety meetings.
  • Maintain assigned work areas in a clean and safe condition.

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How this job compares in Deer Park, TX

Pay in context

At roughly $20/hr, this posting comes in about 32% below the $30/hr median for pipefitter jobs across Texas, where the middle half runs $29–$36/hr across 16 postings with published pay. Put another way, it pays more than about 0% 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 Deer Park, TX

We're tracking 14 other active welding openings in Deer Park, TX right now, from 9 different employers. None of them were added in the last week, so this is a slower-moving market. Across Texas as a whole we're tracking 953 other active welding openings from 418 employers. A metro this active generally means you have real leverage — employers here are competing for the same welders. Browse every welding job in Deer Park, or widen the search to Texas.

Taurus Industrial Group 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 (34), Zachry Group (24), and Welding Shop in Houston, TX (23). 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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Pay figures are medians computed from live postings in the Welding Pros index, not from survey data, and they move as employers post. Pipefitter figures were last recalculated when this page was built.