Choose your craft
Construction crafts are lifelong careers, and you can start in many fields as a helper with no previous experience. Helpers learn on the job by assisting skilled craftspeople.
Below is a planned work schedule that shows when and how many different craftspeople will be needed to construct the Golden Pass LNG export project. Please note this schedule is subject to change as work conditions and other factors impact construction timelines.
Select a craft to learn about its role and responsibilities on the job site, career growth and entry-level requirements. Some crafts and jobs may require formal education or training. If the field you’re interested in does, this guide can help you find the resources to get qualified.
CARPENTRY
Commercial and industrial carpenters construct, erect, install, and repair structures and fixtures. These carpenters are involved in many different kinds of construction, from buildings to highways and bridges to power plants.
Carpenters need manual dexterity, good eye-hand coordination, physical fitness and a good sense of balance.
Carpenters need manual dexterity, good eye-hand coordination, physical fitness and a good sense of balance.
ELECTRICAL SERVICES
Do you like making connections? Industrial electricians install, troubleshoot and repair wiring, electrical equipment and other devices used in the industrial environment, such as motors, transformers, control systems, industrial instruments, programmable logic controllers and lighting systems.
EQUIPMENT OPERATION
Like cranes and trucks? There are many positions available for equipment operators in an industrial construction site: moving equipment, dirt and other materials.
INSTRUMENTATION
Are you a problem solver with a knack for small details and math? Instrumentation may be the perfect craft profession for you. Instrument fitters and technicians perform key installation and maintenance functions in piping, tubing, fasteners and metallurgy.
Entry-level positions available without experience
INSULATION
Want to help people and equipment stay cool? Insulation workers install and replace the materials used to insulate buildings and their mechanical systems to help control and maintain temperature. Depending on the type of work, insulation workers learn their trade informally on the job or through a formal apprenticeship program.
Entry-level positions available without experience
LABOR
Are you interested in working in industrial construction, but don’t have experience or training? General labor is a good place to start - laborers assist with various processes and jobs around the construction site and can learn about different crafts and the construction process.
Entry-level positions available without experience
CONCRETE FINISHING
Do you like working with your hands and being part of the construction process? A concrete finisher, also known as a cement mason, is a tradesman who places, finishes, protects and repairs concrete in engineering and construction projects. Most cement masons learn informally on the job, but some learn their trade through a formal apprenticeship or certification process.
Entry-level positions available without experience
MECHANICAL SERVICES
Do you like fixing things? Industrial mechanicals help keep things running smoothly by maintaining machinery and troubleshooting and repairing broken machines.
Entry-level positions available without experience
MILLWRIGHT
If you are mechanically inclined, enjoy the challenge of working in a fast-paced environment and are an excellent problem solver, consider becoming a millwright. Millwrights install, dismantle, repair, reassemble and move machinery in factories, power plants and construction sites. Most millwrights learn informally on the job or through formal apprenticeship programs.
Entry-level positions available without experience
PAINTING
Industrial Painters put on the finishing touches by cleaning, painting and varnishing different surface types.
Entry-level positions available without experience
PIPEFITTING
Are you a little bit of a perfectionist? Do you enjoy reading blueprints and making something useful? Consider training to become a pipefitter. Pipefitters/fabricators plan and install detailed pipe systems for commercial and industrial projects. These pipes may carry water, chemicals or gases to the crucial building systems. Pipefitters/fabricators use many tools to cut and bend pipes to exact specifications. Pipefitters typically learn their trade through a certification process.
Entry-level positions available without experience
REINFORCED IRONWORK/REBAR
Reinforced Ironworkers position and secure steel bars or mesh in concrete forms in order to reinforce concrete using a variety of fasteners, rod-bending machines, blowtorches, and hand tools.
Entry-level positions available without experience
RIGGING
Want to help get things moving? Riggers attach loads of equipment to cranes or structures using shackles, cables, chains, clamps or straps, employing pulleys, winches, lifts or chain hoists to get materials and equipment where they need to go.
Entry-level positions available without experience
SCAFFOLD BUILDING
Scaffold builders position and dismantle wooden structures, such as concrete forms, scaffolds, tunnel and sewer supports and build temporary frame shelters, according to sketches, blueprints or company standards. Most scaffold builders learn their trade informally on the job or through a formal apprenticeship program.
Entry-level positions available without experience
Entry-level positions available without experience
STRUCTURAL STEEL IRONWORK
Structural steel ironworkers plan, fabricate and install iron and steel structures according to specifications. Position responsibilities include connecting columns, beams, girders and other steel members into specific locations for support. Using specialized techniques, Ironworkers will ensure proper alignment, positions, and quality of structural steel structures before permanent bolting and riveting takes place.
Entry-level positions available without experience
Entry-level positions available without experience
SURVEYING
Surveyors take measurements and determine boundaries necessary to the construction process and provide data relevant to the shape, contour, gravitation, location, elevation, or dimension of land or land features on or near the earth's surface for engineering, mapmaking, mining, land evaluation, and other purposes.
Entry-level positions available without experience
Entry-level positions available without experience
TRANSPORTATION
Do you like traveling and being on the open road? Drivers can deliver goods and transport people from place to place, sometimes spanning several states. Most driving jobs require a Commercial Driver’s License (CDL).
Commercial Driver’s license required for all positions
Commercial Driver’s license required for all positions
WAREHOUSING
Many thousands of items are needed to complete a construction project - from prefabricated equipment to the smallest nuts and bolts. Warehousing and inventory specialists make sure items and tools are kept in order, so they’re ready to be used when needed.
Entry-level positions available without experience
Entry-level positions available without experience
WELDING
Welders join objects together with heat and install many types of metal equipment, including pipe, structural supports and others. There are several different types of welding that require different levels of education and perform different duties. Some welding positions require completion of formal training programs or certifications.
Experience required for all positions
Experience required for all positions
Don’t see what you’re looking for?
Manufacturing and construction companies also need accountants, human resources, engineers and other professionals. To learn more about these careers visit Golden Pass LNG online.