Job Description

Overview

Turner Industries is a fully diversified industrial contractor headquartered in Baton Rouge, LA, with over 20,000 employees across the United States. They are seeking NCCER credentialed Boilermakers with Rope Access certification in the Houston, TX area to assemble and repair various industrial equipment.

Responsibilities

  • Assemble and disassemble, erect, and repair boilers, tanks, vats, pressure vessels, exchangers, and heaters according to blueprint specifications.
  • Use Industrial Rope Access methods and related equipment to complete maintenance and repairs while suspended on ropes.
  • Perform rescue operations, technical reports, and administrative tasks as needed.
  • Locate and mark reference points for columns and plates on foundation.
  • Attach rigging or signal crane operator to lift parts to specified positions.
  • Align structures or plate sections to assemble boiler frames, tanks, or vats.
  • Bolt structures and sections together.
  • Position drums and headers into supports or bolt supports to frame.
  • Align water tubes and connect and expand tube ends to drums and headers.
  • Install trays in process towers and complete assembly of water tube boilers.
  • Assist in testing assembled vessels and perform additional assignments as directed by the supervisor.

Requirements

  • Minimum of a High School Diploma or equivalent.
  • IRATA / SPRAT Level 1, Level 2, or Level 3 certification.
  • TWIC Card preferred.
  • Must have NCCER certification.
  • Demonstrated proficiency in construction tool use.
  • Must have a capacity for work at height.
  • Excellent communication, interpersonal, organizational, and problem-solving skills.
  • CPR certification.
  • Post offer drug / alcohol screen, physical evaluation, and signed acceptance of the company Drug, Alcohol and Contraband Policy.
  • Comply with company and client job site safety requirements.

Benefits

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

Benefits

Health Insurance
Dental
Vision
PTO
401k

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 $35/hr in our index, with the middle half of them falling between $21–$37/hr across 10 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 51 other active welding openings in Pasadena, TX right now, from 22 different employers. 11 of them were added in the last week. Across Texas as a whole we're tracking 1,245 other active welding openings from 549 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.

Turner Industries currently has 13 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 (39), Zachry Group (30), 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, Arlington at $39/hr, and Dallas at $36/hr. If you can relocate or commute, that spread is worth factoring in.

Similar openings near Pasadena, TX

Pay figures are medians computed from live postings in the Welding Pros index, not from survey data, and they move as employers post. Rope Access NCCER Boilermakers: Level 1 Level 2 and Level 3 - Houston, TX figures were last recalculated when this page was built.