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Overview

Fluor is committed to designing and building projects and careers in a collaborative work environment. The Design Engineer IV - Nuclear Structural position focuses on delivering quality engineering services and solutions to enhance Fluor's competitiveness in the global marketplace.

Responsibilities

  • Apply Cost Competitive Execution techniques for discipline engineering work.
  • Develop and review specifications, including design criteria.
  • Participate in equipment and material procurement, permitting, and subcontracting activities.
  • Perform and check calculations, specify equipment, and solve engineering problems.
  • Review vendor equipment documentation for compliance with project requirements.
  • Analyze and make independent recommendations regarding complex problems.
  • Other duties as assigned.

Requirements

  • Accredited four (4) year degree in engineering and eight (8) years of work-related experience.
  • Ability to communicate effectively with various audiences.
  • Job related technical knowledge necessary to complete the job.
  • Ability to learn and apply knowledge of applicable local, state/province, and federal/national statutes and guidelines.
  • Attention to detail and ability to work in a time-effective manner.
  • Professional registration and membership in a technical society is preferred.
  • Advanced knowledge of discipline codes and standards.
  • Effort-hour estimating and staff forecasting skills.
  • Practical field experience.
  • Intermediate computer and software skills.

Benefits

  • Health Insurance
  • Dental
  • Vision
  • PTO
  • 401k

Additional Information

  • Working remote with business trips is acceptable.

Benefits

Health Insurance
Dental
Vision
PTO
401k
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How this job compares in Houston, TX

Pay in context

At roughly $71/hr, this posting sits about 122% above the $32/hr median for welding jobs in Houston, TX — toward the top of a $23–$41/hr middle band drawn from 82 postings with published pay. Put another way, it pays more than about 99% of the comparable postings we have wage data for. Pay that far above local median usually comes attached to something: a harder cert requirement, travel, night shift, or overtime that isn't really optional. Worth establishing which before you accept.

The local market in Houston, TX

We're tracking 323 other active welding openings in Houston, TX right now, from 188 different employers. 74 of them were added in the last week. Across Texas as a whole we're tracking 1,149 other active welding openings from 516 employers. A metro this active generally means you have real leverage — employers here are competing for the same welders. Browse every welding job in Houston, or widen the search to Texas.

Fluor Corporation currently has 3 other openings live in Texas, which is usually a sign of either steady growth or steady turnover — worth asking which in the interview.

The most active employers in Texas at the moment, by number of open welding reqs, are Austin Industries (34), Zachry Group (28), and Worley (19). Volume like that usually means either a genuine expansion or a staffing agency working several client sites — worth knowing which before you apply.

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