Job Description

Overview

The Carpenter position at Orion involves providing carpentry skills at marine project locations, including constructing, erecting, installing, and repairing various structures according to specifications. The role emphasizes safety, quality, delivery, and teamwork, with a strong foundation in integrity.

Responsibilities

  • Work as assigned by the Project Superintendent or Barge Foreman to ensure successful project completion.
  • Secure and maintain basic carpentry tools.
  • Return tools to the Marine Yard or secured location after project completion.
  • Interpret plans and specifications for construction or repair tasks.
  • Receive and offload building materials safely.
  • Lay out foundation, building lines, and anchor bolts.
  • Shoot elevations and grades as required.
  • Erect forms and monitor pours for accuracy.
  • Perform wood and metal stud framing as dictated by the project.
  • Inspect and make minor repairs to wooden structures.
  • Pick up materials and supplies needed for the project.
  • Collaborate with the Barge Foreman, Crane Operators, and other skilled crafts persons.
  • Participate in Safety and Environmental initiatives.

Requirements

  • Minimum of two years carpentry experience or equivalent training.
  • Good communication skills.
  • Knowledge of carpentry practices and materials related to concrete forming.
  • Ability to operate various types of marine equipment.
  • Understanding of safe work practices in a marine construction environment.
  • Proficiency in carpentry craft.

Benefits

  • Health Insurance
  • Dental
  • Vision
  • Life and AD&D Insurance
  • Short Term and Long-term Disability Insurance
  • Employee Assistance Plan
  • 401k
  • PTO

Benefits

Health Insurance
Dental
Vision
Life and AD&D Insurance
Short Term and Long-term Disability Insurance
Employee Assistance Plan
401k
PTO

How this job compares in Houston, TX

Pay in context

This employer didn't publish a rate. For reference, welding jobs in Houston, TX currently run a median of $32/hr in our index, with the middle half of them falling between $23–$41/hr across 93 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 Houston, TX

We're tracking 344 other active welding openings in Houston, TX right now, from 194 different employers. 138 of them were added in the last week. Across Texas as a whole we're tracking 1,245 other active welding openings from 548 employers. A metro this active generally means you have real leverage — employers here are competing for the same welders. Browse every welding job in Houston, or widen the search to Texas.

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.

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