Job Description

Overview

Bowman has an opportunity for a Structural Designer for Levels III, IV, and V to join our team in Houston, TX. At Bowman, we believe in creating opportunities for aspiring people to thrive and achieve ambitious goals, fostering a diverse and engaged community of professionals.

Responsibilities

  • Provide computer-aided design (CAD) drafting and prepare drawings and schematics from specifications, layouts, vendor data, and sketches.
  • Coordinate and consult with engineers or other designers to complete projects, ensuring adherence to specifications and standards.
  • Support equipment sizing & selection, alternative analyses, and other deliverables.
  • Support the engineering, design, procurement, construction, and commissioning of facilities.
  • Present design deliverables to project members, cross-functional teams, senior leadership, external vendors, clients, and other stakeholders.
  • Plan, forecast, and actualize deliverable progress to support project reporting and schedule requirements.
  • Identify scope changes and estimate impact to effort and schedule.
  • Prepare, review, and approve foundation, structural steel, building, and earthwork BOMs and designs.
  • Support proposal efforts by evaluating RFP scope, identifying deliverables, and estimating effort required.
  • Participate in project scoping, planning, status reporting, and scope management.
  • Monitor progress and performance against the project plan and proactively address issues.
  • Provide input to strategic decisions that affect the functional area of responsibility.

Requirements

  • 4-7+ years of experience, depending on the level of the position.
  • High school diploma required.
  • Bachelor's or Associate's degree or equivalent preferred.
  • Advanced Steel, Computer-Aided Design (CAD), and 3D CAD experience required.

Benefits

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

Benefits

Health Insurance
Dental
Vision
PTO
401k

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 74 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 313 other active welding openings in Houston, TX right now, from 175 different employers. 80 of them were added in the last week. Across Texas as a whole we're tracking 1,092 other active welding openings from 492 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.

RPT Alliance LLC currently has 2 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 (29), 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.

Similar openings near Houston, TX

Pay figures are medians computed from live postings in the Welding Pros index, not from survey data, and they move as employers post. Structural Designer (Levels III, IV, V) figures were last recalculated when this page was built.