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gpac

Steel Detailer

Location

Friendswood, TX

Wage

$80,000 – $110,000/yr

Employment Type

Full-time

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Posted on October 28, 2026

Job Description

gpac, a recruiting firm with over 30 years in business, is partnered with a well-established company in the structural steel and metals fabrication industry in Friendswood, TX. They are seeking a Steel Detailer to produce accurate shop and erection drawings for structural and miscellaneous steel projects.

  • Create shop and erection drawings from contract documents
  • Model structural and miscellaneous steel in 3D detailing software
  • Check drawings for accuracy, connections, and constructability
  • Prepare RFIs to resolve conflicts and missing information
  • Incorporate revisions and approval comments
  • Review architectural and structural drawings and specifications
  • Produce CNC files, bills of material, and fabrication reports
  • Coordinate with project managers, engineers, and the shop
  • Follow company and AISC detailing standards
  • Meet drawing submittal and release deadlines
  • 2+ years of structural or miscellaneous steel detailing experience
  • Proficiency in Tekla Structures or SDS2 required
  • Strong knowledge of AISC standards and steel connections
  • Ability to read structural and architectural drawings
  • Strong attention to detail
  • Checking experience a plus for senior roles
  • Health Insurance
  • 401k
  • PTO

Benefits

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

Pay in context

At roughly $46/hr, this posting sits about 57% above the $29/hr median for welding jobs across Texas — toward the top of a $23–$38/hr middle band drawn from 416 postings with published pay. Put another way, it pays more than about 89% 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 Friendswood, TX

This is the only active welding job we're currently tracking in Friendswood, TX, which makes it worth moving on quickly — there is no local competing offer to weigh it against. Across Texas as a whole we're tracking 1,245 other active welding openings from 549 employers. Browse welding jobs across Texas.

gpac 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 (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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Pay figures are medians computed from live postings in the Welding Pros index, not from survey data, and they move as employers post. Steel Detailer figures were last recalculated when this page was built.