Job Description

Overview

Tremco Construction Products Group is a company that operates multiple manufacturing facilities and employs over 2,700 people across North America. The Fabricator (Metal) III role involves leading fabrication activities, operating machinery, and ensuring high-quality production of metal parts.

Responsibilities

  • Lead daily activities and assign work within the team to safely manufacture and produce metal parts.
  • Serve as a technical resource for Fabricators and provide guidance on complex fabrication processes.
  • Independently set up, operate, and troubleshoot multiple types of fabrication machinery.
  • Interpret complex drawings, specifications, tolerances, and manufacturing requirements.
  • Determine the most efficient sequence of operations for complex fabrication jobs.
  • Optimize machine settings, tooling, and processes to improve quality, productivity, and material utilization.
  • Troubleshoot complex equipment, tooling, dimensional, and production issues.
  • Make advanced machine adjustments to correct quality and dimensional problems.
  • Perform complex first-piece and in-process inspections and validate finished products against specifications.
  • Identify root causes of recurring quality or production issues and recommend corrective actions.
  • Assist supervisors and engineering with process improvements, new product introductions, and equipment trials.
  • Help develop and improve standard work instructions, setup procedures, and fabrication processes.
  • Train, coach, and mentor Level I and Level II Fabricators.
  • Provide hands-on support during difficult setups, changeovers, and production challenges.
  • Monitor production flow and communicate potential delays, material shortages, equipment issues, or quality concerns to leadership.
  • Assist with determining appropriate tooling, equipment, and process requirements for new or modified products.
  • Support continuous improvement initiatives focused on safety, quality, productivity, scrap reduction, and efficiency.
  • Conduct or assist with equipment inspections and identify maintenance needs before failures occur.
  • Promote safe work practices and serve as a role model for safety and quality standards.
  • Maintain accurate production and quality records and ensure required documentation is completed.
  • Consistently perform at an advanced level with minimal supervision.
  • Safely operate forklifts and other material-handling equipment as required.

Requirements

  • High school diploma or general education degree (GED).
  • 4+ years of metal fabrication/manufacturing experience.
  • Ability to follow instructions and established procedures.
  • Strong communication and organizational skills.
  • Understanding of metal properties and brake press machinery preferred.
  • Accurately read tape measurements, bend angles, tolerances and schematic drawings.
  • Computer literacy to utilize company systems and software.
  • Experience with CNC or manual metal bending equipment preferred.
  • Well organized and attention to detail.

Benefits

  • Health Insurance
  • PTO
  • 401k

Benefits

Health Insurance
PTO
401k

How this job compares in Coppell, TX

Pay in context

At roughly $28/hr, this posting sits about 18% above the $24/hr median for welder fabricator jobs across Texas — toward the top of a $20–$28/hr middle band drawn from 29 postings with published pay. Put another way, it pays more than about 79% 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 Coppell, TX

Coppell, TX currently has 3 other active welding openings besides this one, spread across 2 employers. None of them were added in the last week, so this is a slower-moving market. Across Texas as a whole we're tracking 1,117 other active welding openings from 509 employers. That's enough local activity to be worth comparing two or three offers before committing. Browse every welding job in Coppell, 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 (28), and Welding Shop in Houston, TX (18). 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 Arlington at $39/hr, Dallas at $38/hr, and Irving 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. Fabricator (Metal) III figures were last recalculated when this page was built.