Overhaul Technician (2nd Shift)
Location
DeSoto, TX
Wage
$51,674 – $77,510/yr
Employment Type
Full-time
Posted on August 27, 2026
Location
DeSoto, TX
Wage
$51,674 – $77,510/yr
Employment Type
Full-time
Posted on August 27, 2026
Caterpillar Inc. is seeking an Overhaul Technician for the 2nd shift to join a global team dedicated to building a better world through innovation and collaboration. This role involves the assembly of overhauled turbomachinery products in a safe and effective manner, utilizing standard production applications.
At roughly $31/hr, this posting sits about 15% above the $27/hr median for welding jobs across Texas — toward the top of a $22–$35/hr middle band drawn from 421 postings with published pay. Put another way, it pays more than about 65% 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.
DeSoto, TX is a small market in our index: 1 other active welding opening alongside this one, from 1 employer. Across Texas as a whole we're tracking 1,274 other active welding openings from 699 employers. With this few local postings, most welders here end up either commuting or looking at travel work. Browse welding jobs across Texas.
Solar Turbines currently has 5 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 Zachry Group (22), Welding Shop in Houston, TX (21), and Austin Industries (17). 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 Pasadena at $82/hr, Midlothian at $38/hr, and Dallas at $35/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. Overhaul Technician (2nd Shift) figures were last recalculated when this page was built.