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Job Description

Overview

Koch Specialty Plant Services, LLC is seeking Welders for various locations in the U.S. to provide services related to tower, vessel, and mass transfer equipment in the refining and chemical industry.

Responsibilities

  • Weld according to engineering specifications on plant process equipment and structural steel.
  • Possess a basic understanding and application of making boiler repairs on pressure vessels such as reactors, exchangers, piping, towers, and drums.

Requirements

  • 2 years of general welding experience or successful completion of a vocational welding training program preferred.
  • Must be able to pass a weld qualification test specific to the project.
  • Must have current TWIC Card or ability to obtain one if required.
  • Must be willing and able to meet all Company and Customer project entry requirements including training, background check, and drug test.
  • 1 year or more of industrial plant experience making weld repairs to coded pressure vessels, reactors, towers, and drums is preferred.
  • A welding certificate and/or vocational welding training is preferred.
  • Basic Plus Orientation and Confined Space Training is preferred.
  • Successful completion of an NCCER craft assessment test is preferred.

Benefits

  • Health Insurance
  • Dental
  • Vision
  • PTO
  • Life Insurance
  • Disability
  • Retirement
  • Educational Assistance
  • Paid Parental Leave
  • Adoption Assistance

Benefits

Health Insurance
Dental
Vision
PTO
Life Insurance
Disability
Retirement
Educational Assistance
Paid Parental Leave
Adoption Assistance
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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 75 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 321 other active welding openings in Houston, TX right now, from 179 different employers. 81 of them were added in the last week. Across Texas as a whole we're tracking 1,132 other active welding openings from 498 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.

Koch Specialty Plant Services, LLC currently has 4 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 Zachry Group (33), Austin Industries (30), and Welding Shop in Austin, TX (21). 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 $40/hr, Dallas at $39/hr, and Pasadena at $36/hr. If you can relocate or commute, that spread is worth factoring in.

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