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Marine Trade Jobs in Port Arthur, TX
Pipe welders, pipefitters, structural welders, and shipfitters — a market AMS recruits from.
The market
Marine work in Port Arthur
Port Arthur is a long-standing ship-repair and offshore-fabrication center on the Texas Gulf Coast — Gulf Copper's yard here is in the middle of a major shipbuilding expansion. Alex named East Texas as one of the best places to find this work, and AMS recruits from it.
Marine employers in this market
Gulf Copper & ManufacturingBludworth Marine
Public-record market activity, not AMS clients. Cost of living here runs about 9% below the national average — your paycheck goes further.
Open trades
The trades AMS hires in Port Arthur
Pipe Welder jobs in Port Arthurmedian $28.46/hr · Weld marine pipe systems to code — carbon steel, stainless, aluminum, copper-nickel.Pipefitter jobs in Port Arthurmedian $29.92/hr · Lay out, fabricate, and install marine pipe systems and supports.Structural Welder jobs in Port Arthurmedian $28.46/hr · Weld hulls, decks, bulkheads, and steel structures — new build and repair.Shipfitter jobs in Port Arthurmedian $23.18/hr · Lay out, cut, fit, and align steel plate and structure for the welders.
Work marine trades in Port Arthur
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