Job Description

Overview

Caterpillar Inc. is seeking an Overhaul Technician to join their global team focused on building sustainable communities. This role involves the assembly of overhauled turbomachinery products to meet production schedules and customer requirements in a safe and effective manner.

Responsibilities

  • Perform assembly or disassembly of gas turbine engines and related components.
  • Work from standard work instructions, engineering drawings, and oral instructions.
  • Recognize the need for Engineering support when procedures do not work.
  • Embrace safety culture and identify safety improvements.
  • Collaborate with team members and Engineering to solve technical problems.
  • Maintain training binder and records.
  • Perform material routing and movement in compliance with procedures.
  • Report discrepancies and incidents using standard applications.
  • Maintain records and documentation per the Quality Management System.
  • Use precision measuring instruments, hand and power tools, and shop equipment.
  • Maintain a clean workspace to promote safety and prevent FOD.
  • Support production needs and continuous improvement projects.
  • Participate in team meetings and support team business goals.
  • Work required hours to meet production and customer needs.
  • Demonstrate proficient skill with precision measuring equipment.
  • Operate shop and material handling equipment in an overhaul environment.
  • Perform rework as needed.

Requirements

  • Strong interpersonal skills and ability to build effective working relationships.
  • Self-driven with the ability to balance concurrent tasks.
  • Commitment to teamwork and customer service.
  • Willingness to learn all operations/models in Sub-Assemblies, Accessory Build, and Turbine Build.

Benefits

  • Health Insurance
  • Dental
  • Vision
  • PTO
  • 401k
  • Health Savings Account
  • Flexible Spending Accounts
  • Health Lifestyle Programs
  • Employee Assistance Program
  • Voluntary Benefits and Employee Discounts
  • Career Development
  • Incentive bonus
  • Disability benefits
  • Life Insurance
  • Parental leave
  • Adoption benefits
  • Tuition Reimbursement

Additional Information

  • This position requires working onsite five days a week.
  • The work environment includes hoists, cranes, industrial vehicles, and chemicals.

Benefits

Health Insurance
Dental
Vision
PTO
401k
Health Savings Account
Flexible Spending Accounts
Health Lifestyle Programs
Employee Assistance Program
Voluntary Benefits and Employee Discounts
Career Development
Incentive bonus
Disability benefits
Life Insurance
Parental leave
Adoption benefits
Tuition Reimbursement

How this job compares in DeSoto, TX

Pay in context

At roughly $31/hr, this posting sits about 11% above the $28/hr median for welding jobs across Texas — toward the top of a $23–$35/hr middle band drawn from 466 postings with published pay. Put another way, it pays more than about 62% 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 DeSoto, TX

DeSoto, TX is a small market in our index: 2 other active welding openings alongside this one, from 1 employer. Across Texas as a whole we're tracking 1,339 other active welding openings from 721 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 6 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 Welding Shop in Houston, TX (27), Zachry Group (22), and Austin Industries (16). 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 $40/hr, Arlington at $39/hr, and Midlothian at $38/hr. If you can relocate or commute, that spread is worth factoring in.

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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 figures were last recalculated when this page was built.