Careers
Marine Trade Jobs in Houston, TX
Pipe welders, pipefitters, structural welders, and shipfitters — a market AMS recruits from.
The market
Marine work in Houston
The Houston-Galveston ship channel is one of the busiest marine-industrial corridors in the country, with ship-repair and fabrication yards up and down the channel. It's one of the East Texas markets AMS actively recruits welders and fitters from.
Marine employers in this market
Gulf Copper (Galveston)Southwest ShipyardBludworth Marine
Public-record market activity, not AMS clients. Cost of living here runs about 1% below the national average — your paycheck goes further.
Open trades
The trades AMS hires in Houston
Pipe Welder jobs in Houstonmedian $27.86/hr · Weld marine pipe systems to code — carbon steel, stainless, aluminum, copper-nickel.Pipefitter jobs in Houstonmedian $29.47/hr · Lay out, fabricate, and install marine pipe systems and supports.Structural Welder jobs in Houstonmedian $27.86/hr · Weld hulls, decks, bulkheads, and steel structures — new build and repair.Shipfitter jobs in Houstonmedian $20.94/hr · Lay out, cut, fit, and align steel plate and structure for the welders.
Work marine trades in Houston
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