Job Details

Maintenance Journeyman

Date: Mar 28, 2026 Location: Houston, TX, US, 77011 Job Requisition ID: 60173 Founded in 1906, CEMEX has grown into a global building materials company that provides high quality products and reliable service to customers and communities throughout the Americas, Europe, Africa, the Middle East, and Asia. Here at CEMEX we offer our employees competitive wages, career growth, excellent benefits including health, dental & vision plans, vacation or paid time off, employee assistance program and retirement plan options, along with over a century of stability to build your next career on!

Job Summary: The Maintenance Journeyman performs a variety of general maintenance activities and helps other mechanics with repairs to mobile equipment necessary to keep equipment maintained in good running order so that optimum production can be obtained. This job interfaces, on a daily basis, with the rest of the operations in this location.

Job Responsibilities

• Assists mechanic and skilled personnel
• Performing mechanical work and repairs on mobile equipment
• Procuring, and moving parts, material, equipment and necessary tools
• Operating hoist(s) during repairs
• Operate other mechanical equipment to load truck
• Operate powered tools to perform mechanical work and repairs
• Operate welding equipment to perform basic welding work
• Use oxy-acetylene torch equipment to perform light or medium cutting jobs
• Shoveling and clean-ups
• Storage and transport of used and/or damaged equipment to others areas
• Perform safety walk around inspection before shift
• Replace or assist other workers as needed or directed
• Maintain a good housekeeping of the equipment
• Adhere to all CEMEX, OSHA, and MSHA rules and regulations at all times and wear proper safety equipment while on plant grounds
• Meet or exceed company safety standards
• Perform other job responsibilities as assigned by management

Qualifications

High School Diploma or equivalent

Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities:

• Ability to carry out not only simple, but complex oral and written instructions and deal with problems from standardized situations and work experience
• Good mathematical skills, including basic math, fractions and conversions of four-five digit numbers and common units of measurement in both metric and decimal system
• Ability to read and understand English sufficiently to be able to read technical information contained in manuals, reports
• Ability to operate equipment in reverse using mirrors
• Lifting, carrying, pushing, pulling and/or moving of 50 pounds maximum, with frequent lifting and/or carrying objects weighing to 25 pounds
• Ability to communicate well with supervisors, welders, leadmen, other Mechanics, maintenance personnel, co-workers and outside contractors
• High level of attentiveness and physical coordination to perform the work activities safely and productively

Working Conditions

Continuous exposure to extreme heat, extreme cold, extreme noise, and working outdoors

Must wear protective equipment while at the location

Physical Requirements

Requires walking, sitting, lifting, pushing, pulling, and climbing to a significant degree

Exerting up to 50 pounds of force occasionally, and/or up to 20 pounds of force frequently, and/or up to 10 pounds of force constantly to move objects

While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly required to talk and hear, in order to communicate to employees/visitors as well as function safely around heavy rolling equipment

Must be able to perform all job functions which include, but may not be limited to, pushing, turning, and/or pulling of controls

Legal Notices

CEMEX is an EEO/AA (equal opportunity/affirmative action) institution and does not discriminate on the basis of race, color, religion, religious creed, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, national origin, ancestry, age, physical or mental disability, medical condition, genetic information, marital or familial status, military or veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by under federal, state or local law in the programs or activities which it operates.

CEMEX will consider for employment qualified applicants with criminal histories in a manner consistent with all local, state and federal laws.

CEMEX is an E-Verify participating employer. Arizona Smoke-Free Act. CEMEX complies with the State of Arizona's Smoke-Free Act (Arizona Revised Statutes 36-601.01). Smoking and/or the use of tobacco or related products is prohibited in and on CEMEX property as well as any building and/or vehicle owned or leased by CEMEX.

CEMEX offers both competitive pay and benefits. Benefits applicable to this position may include, but are not limited to, medical, dental, vision, 401(k), Paid Time Off, and Holiday Pay, as well as a comprehensive wellness program to help keep employees and their families healthy and well.