Job Description

Overview

Siemens Energy is offering a unique opportunity for early career engineers to join their Field Service Engineer in Training Program, which combines classroom instruction, hands-on technical training, and real-world field experience to support critical energy infrastructure across North America.

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 across the US.
  • 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 closely with customers, field technicians, engineers, and service teams.

Requirements

  • A bachelor’s degree in mechanical engineering, Engineering Technology, or a related field is required by the start date.
  • Candidates graduating in the following year are encouraged to apply for other open opportunities.
  • Enjoy solving complex technical challenges and providing outstanding service.
  • 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.

Benefits

  • 401k
  • Health Insurance
  • PTO

Additional Information

  • Recruitment timeline includes an in-person interviewing event in Orlando and/or Houston starting in September.
  • Candidates must hold a valid driver’s license and have an acceptable driving record.
  • Priority locations after training include Chicago, Philadelphia, and Las Vegas.

Benefits

401k
Health Insurance
PTO

How this job compares in Dallas, TX

Pay in context

At roughly $36/hr, this posting lands within a few percent of the $35/hr median for welding jobs in Dallas, TX, whose middle half runs $27–$36/hr across 52 postings with published pay. Put another way, it pays more than about 77% 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 Dallas, TX

We're tracking 114 other active welding openings in Dallas, TX right now, from 77 different employers. 45 of them were added in the last week. Across Texas as a whole we're tracking 1,424 other active welding openings from 737 employers. A metro this active generally means you have real leverage — employers here are competing for the same welders. Browse every welding job in Dallas, or widen the search to Texas.

Siemens Energy currently has 1 other opening 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 (26), Welding Shop in Houston, TX (25), and Austin Industries (23). 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, San Angelo 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. Field Service Engineer - Early Career Engineering Training Program figures were last recalculated when this page was built.