DC Shop Technician

crbwater; Houston (TX); On-site; USD 40,000 - 70,000; Full time

Job summary

CRB Water is seeking a fabrication-focused technician to support shop production and on-site projects in Houston. The role involves reading design drawings, cutting and fitting off-the-shelf and custom components, and maintaining a safe work environment.

The ideal candidate possesses strong fabrication skills, a good self-starter attitude, and the ability to learn new equipment and techniques quickly, with attention to detail and time management.

Qualifications

• High School Degree or G.E.D. required.
• Technical Trade School training or equivalent experience in mechanical and electrical drafting preferred.

Responsibilities

• Maintain a safe, clean, organized work environment.
• Fabricate per project design drawings in a shop using hand and power tools.
• Read, interpret, and fabricate per project drawings.
• Fabricate with various plastics, metals, and fiberglass components including fittings, joining, sealing, and bending.
• Perform equipment maintenance or installation as needed.

Skills

Fabrication skills

Team player

Self-starter

Learning new equipment

Time management

Math basics

Hand tools

Power tools

Education

High School Diploma

Technical Trade School training

Tools

Fabrication shop equipment

Measuring tools

Welding equipment

Job description

About CRB Water

CRB Water is one of the fastest-growing industrial water treatment companies in North America. We are built on the belief that people, not programs, make the partnership thrive. Headquartered in St. Charles, Missouri, we combine deep technical expertise with responsive local support to deliver smarter, greener, and more reliable solutions for industrial and commercial facilities.

With a large contingent of employee investors, we are beholden to our clients, not the stock market. Our ownership structure ensures commitment to long-term growth and investment in our people. Our team includes some of the most experienced professionals in the industry who thrive in a collaborative, relationship-driven culture where expertise, trust, and responsiveness matter.

At CRB Water, you’ll find minimal hierarchy, fast decisions, and the autonomy to act when customers need you most. We value ownership, integrity, and teamwork and we’re intentional about being the employer of choice in industrial water treatment. Join a company where your ideas move fast, your expertise makes a difference, and your impact lasts.

Required skills:

• Must exhibit strong fabrication skills with focus on producing accurate results.
• Works well within a team environment to solve project and business issues.
• Must be a good self-starter and has the ability and desire to learn new equipment, hardware, techniques, and products.
• Strong time management skills and attention to details.
• Basic math skills including use of fractions.
• Ability to use common hand tools and fabrication equipment, such as power saws.

Preferred Skills:

• Interpreting fabrication drawings, schematics and diagrams for mechanical, piping and electrical systems
• Ability to measure, mark, cutt, trim and shape materials like metal, plastic, or wood.
• Welding, brazing and soldering pieces to create finished parts.
• Understanding of mechanical, plumbing, and electrical fabrication, construction, and manipulation methods.
• Good troubleshooting, testing and maintenance skills for mechanical, plumbing, and electrical systems
• Strong candidates will demonstrate spatial reasoning, communication and observational skills.
• Understanding of prioritization of work as it relates to project scheduling and execution.

Job Description:

• Maintain a safe, clean, organized work environment.
• Work in fabrication shop utilizing basic hand and power tools, taking accurate measurements, cutting and fitting off- the-shelf and custom components.
• Overtime may be required during peak times.
• Read, interpret, and fabricated per project design drawings.
• Rationalize design drawings, identifying problems related to fabrication prior to execution.
• Fabrication with various plastics and polymer structural members, and piping, including fitting, joining, sealing, and welding.
• Fabrication with various Metal and Alloy Pipe and Tubing, including fitting, joining, sealing, and bending.
• Fabrication with various Metals, Plastics, and Bonded Conduit, including fitting, joining, sealing, and bending.
• Fabrication with various Metallic and Fiberglass structural members, including Strut, Beam, Channel, Angle, Grate, etc.
• Fabrication with various Metallic and fiberglass enclosures, panel construction, and Electrical Wiring.
• Fabrication with various Electrical Wiring in Control Panels, Induction and DC Motors, Variable Frequency and DC Drives, Instrumentation and Electronics.
• Redline design drawings to be resubmitted to the Engineering Department for correction based on final construction.
• Perform administrative and related responsibilities as assigned.
• Perform building maintenance as needed and assigned.
• Perform equipment maintenance or installation as needed and assigned.

Required Education:

• High School Degree or G.E.D.
• Preferred candidates will have Technical Trade School training or equivalent experience in mechanical and electrical drafting.

Work Environment:

• Spends most of the time in a small business shop environment.
• Some time may be spent out of the office at client facilities for installation, repair, or alteration of new or existing equipment.

Physical Demands:

• Frequent lifting, pulling, standing, and equipment operations up to 50 lbs.
• Work in a principally unconditioned shop environment.
• Picking parts, packaging equipment, boxing, shipping, moving, and organizing parts and equipment, sitting, standing, walking, wearing personal protective devices, etc.