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Overview

At Clean Harbors Deer Park, you’ll join a safety-first team that keeps critical assets online. As a Facility Maintenance Repair II (Maintenance Welder), you’ll blend millwright/boilermaker skills with precision welding to troubleshoot, repair, and restore equipment across our 24/7 operation.

Responsibilities

  • Start each shift focused on health and safety.
  • Diagnose issues, perform preventative maintenance, and disassemble/rebuild mechanical components as needed.
  • Weld and fabricate to specification; use a cutting torch for demolition or precision cuts.
  • Test equipment after repair/assembly to verify performance against manufacturer specifications.
  • Leverage computer-based instrumentation to run diagnostics and execute work orders.
  • Support plant systems such as conveyors, pumps, and elevators; perform other duties as assigned.

Requirements

  • Passing the Bennett Mechanical Comprehension Test – required.
  • Passing 1G (flat) or 3G (vertical) Welding Pre-Qualification Test – required.
  • 3–5+ years of millwright and/or boilermaker experience – required.
  • Hydraulic system troubleshooting and repair – required.
  • Ability to read schematics and diagnose mechanical plant systems – required.
  • Experience operating a propylene cutting torch for metal cutting/demolition – required.
  • Comfort with physical demands: lifting, bending, climbing, manipulating and handling objects – required.
  • JLG manlift/aerial lift experience – preferred.
  • 18-ton crane picker operation – preferred.
  • High school diploma or equivalent – required.
  • Valid driver’s license – required.

Benefits

  • Health Insurance
  • 401k
  • PTO

Additional Information

  • This position is covered under a Collective Bargaining Agreement (CBA).
  • Work Schedule: Rotating shift schedule consisting of 4 day shifts/4 off, followed by 4 night shifts/4 off.
  • Wage: $37.82/HR; additional earnings may include overtime opportunities.

Benefits

Health Insurance
401k
PTO
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How this job compares in Lomax, TX

Pay in context

At roughly $38/hr, this posting sits about 35% 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 81% 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 Lomax, TX

Lomax, TX currently has 3 other active welding openings besides this one, spread across 2 employers. 1 of them was added in the last week. Across Texas as a whole we're tracking 953 other active welding openings from 417 employers. That's enough local activity to be worth comparing two or three offers before committing. Browse every welding job in Lomax, or widen the search to Texas.

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

  • 3G / 4G — plate position tests — 3G is welded vertically, 4G overhead. Together they demonstrate you can hold a puddle against gravity, and they are the common entry qualifications for structural and production shops.

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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