Structural Engineer - Power (Multiple Locations)
Location
Houston, TX
Wage
$100,000 – $160,000/yr
Employment Type
Full-time
Posted on October 11, 2026
Location
Houston, TX
Wage
$100,000 – $160,000/yr
Employment Type
Full-time
Posted on October 11, 2026
Burns & McDonnell is seeking to hire an experienced Structural Engineer to join their Power Division, which focuses on the design and construction of various power generation facilities. The role involves creating designs for new projects and alterations while collaborating with project teams throughout the design and construction process.
At roughly $63/hr, this posting sits about 108% above the $30/hr median for welding jobs in Houston, TX — toward the top of a $22–$37/hr middle band drawn from 99 postings with published pay. Put another way, it pays more than about 96% 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.
We're tracking 371 other active welding openings in Houston, TX right now, from 206 different employers. 118 of them were added in the last week. Across Texas as a whole we're tracking 1,287 other active welding openings from 583 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.
Burns & McDonnell currently has 2 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 (35), Welding Shop in Austin, TX (25), and Zachry Group (22). Volume like that usually means either a genuine expansion or a staffing agency working several client sites — worth knowing which before you apply.
Within Texas, the best-paying metros we track by median hourly rate are Abernathy at $45/hr, Arlington at $40/hr, and Pasadena at $37/hr. If you can relocate or commute, that spread is worth factoring in.
Pay figures are medians computed from live postings in the Welding Pros index, not from survey data, and they move as employers post. Structural Engineer - Power (Multiple Locations) figures were last recalculated when this page was built.