Job Description

Overview

Siemens Energy is seeking candidates for its Field Service Engineer - Early Career Engineering Training Program, which combines classroom instruction, hands-on technical training, and real-world field experience to support critical energy infrastructure across North America. This role involves working with advanced turbines and generators, offering a unique opportunity to launch a dynamic engineering career.

Responsibilities

  • Complete classroom and instructor-led training in Orlando, FL and Houston, TX.
  • Participate in on-the-job training with expert engineers at multiple customer sites.
  • Supervise technicians and mechanics during power plant maintenance shutdowns.
  • Disassemble, inspect, and reassemble turbines and generators.
  • Coordinate the upgrading of mechanical and electrical systems on turbine generators.
  • Ensure timely and accurate repairs as the primary customer contact during outages.
  • Assist with equipment disassembly, inspection, troubleshooting, and reassembly.
  • Collaborate with customers, field technicians, engineers, and service teams.

Requirements

  • Bachelor's degree in mechanical engineering, Engineering Technology, or a related field required by start date.
  • Open to travel and willing to spend extended periods away from home.
  • Ability to work extended hours of up to 12-14 hours per day, including weekends and holidays.
  • Physical ability to ascend and descend ladders, work in confined spaces, and move boxes weighing up to 40 pounds.
  • Valid driver's license and acceptable driving record required.

Benefits

  • 401k
  • Health Insurance
  • PTO

Additional Information

  • Recruitment timeline includes an in-person interviewing event in Orlando and/or Houston starting in September.
  • Priority locations for hiring after training include Chicago, Philadelphia, and Las Vegas.

Benefits

401k
Health Insurance
PTO

How this job compares in Chicago, IL

Pay in context

At roughly $36/hr, this posting lands within a few percent of the $36/hr median for welding jobs in Chicago, IL, whose middle half runs $27–$45/hr across 89 postings with published pay. Put another way, it pays more than about 54% of the comparable postings we have wage data for. In other words it is a market-rate offer, so benefits, overtime, and shift schedule are where the real difference between this and the next posting on the list shows up.

The local market in Chicago, IL

We're tracking 108 other active welding openings in Chicago, IL right now, from 59 different employers. 43 of them were added in the last week. Across Illinois as a whole we're tracking 373 other active welding openings from 232 employers. A metro this active generally means you have real leverage — employers here are competing for the same welders. Browse every welding job in Chicago, or widen the search to Illinois.

The most active employers in Illinois at the moment, by number of open welding reqs, are S&C Electric Company (18), Gerber Collision & Glass (14), and Staff on Site (13). Volume like that usually means either a genuine expansion or a staffing agency working several client sites — worth knowing which before you apply.

Within Illinois, the best-paying metros we track by median hourly rate are Downers Grove at $46/hr, Chicago at $36/hr, and Addison at $32/hr. Chicago is among them.

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