Fabrication Shop Foreman

Location

Odessa, TX

Wage

$75,000 – $85,000/yr

Employment Type

Full-time

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Posted on October 27, 2026

Job Description

Overview

Join an industry leader as a Fabrication Shop Foreman and make an impact! This role offers competitive pay and a variety of benefits.

Responsibilities

  • Organize and assign daily work based on work orders, crew skill sets, material availability, and production priorities.
  • Share daily targets with the crew and track progress throughout the shift.
  • Confirm that approved drawing packets, materials, pick tickets, weld maps, and required CNC files are available before work begins.
  • Raise incomplete releases, material shortages, and drawing questions without delay.
  • Supervise vessel fit-up, shell and head assembly, nozzle orientation, internals, and supports, verifying dimensions against approved drawings.
  • Prevent unapproved changes and route technical questions to Engineering and Quality.
  • Ensure assigned welders are properly qualified and work to approved welding procedure specifications (WPS).
  • Work with Quality to address qualification and training needs.
  • Uphold all safety requirements, lead crew safety meetings, keep PPE stocked, and stop work whenever conditions are unsafe.
  • Report incidents and near misses immediately.
  • Keep work areas clean, organized, and safely accessible.
  • Inspect tools, fabrication equipment, and lifting gear, reporting any defects and coordinating needed maintenance.
  • Prepare work for inspection and ensure all required hold points are honored.
  • Coordinate with Quality to complete and accept repairs before moving to the next operation.
  • Preserve material identification and traceability throughout fabrication.
  • Work with Material Management on staging, shortages, transfers, and returning unused material.

Requirements

  • High school diploma or equivalent relevant work experience.
  • Five or more years of pressure vessel fabrication experience, with at least two years as a lead or supervisor.
  • Proven track record supervising vessel fit-up, assembly, and welding in a production setting.
  • Able to read fabrication drawings, weld symbols, bills of material, and work instructions.
  • Working knowledge of applicable API and ASME fabrication requirements, approved welding procedures, inspection hold points, and material traceability.

Benefits

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

Benefits

Health Insurance
Dental
Vision
401k
PTO

How this job compares in Odessa, TX

Pay in context

At roughly $38/hr, this posting sits about 37% above the $28/hr median for welding jobs across Texas — toward the top of a $23–$35/hr middle band drawn from 341 postings with published pay. Put another way, it pays more than about 83% of the comparable postings we have wage data for. Pay that far above local median usually comes attached to something: a harder cert requirement, travel, night shift, or overtime that isn't really optional. Worth establishing which before you accept.

The local market in Odessa, TX

Odessa, TX is a small market in our index: 2 other active welding openings alongside this one, from 2 employers. Across Texas as a whole we're tracking 953 other active welding openings from 418 employers. With this few local postings, most welders here end up either commuting or looking at travel work. Browse welding jobs across Texas.

Jobot 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.

Certifications this posting mentions

  • ASME Section IX — the ASME Boiler and Pressure Vessel Code qualification. It covers welding on pressure-retaining equipment — boilers, vessels, and process piping — where a failed weld is a safety incident rather than a rework ticket.

Read straight from this posting's text. Confirm the exact qualification the employer wants before you test — requirements vary by shop even under the same code.

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