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Overview

The Energy Tech positions involve construction, maintenance, and service-related work in the electric utility industry. There are three levels of positions (3, 4, and 5) with varying responsibilities, education requirements, and pay rates.

Responsibilities

  • Constructs new overhead lines.
  • Constructs new underground lines.
  • Restores service and troubleshoots.
  • Sets up service and maintains lines and apparatus.
  • Re-conducts or converts existing lines.
  • Ensures safe work conditions.
  • Operates and maintains equipment.
  • Trains personnel, plans jobs, and maintains records.
  • Available to perform on call work as necessary.
  • May serve either as dispatcher or switchman.
  • Other duties as assigned.

Requirements

  • High School diploma or General Education Degree (GED).
  • Energy Tech 3 requires 2-3 years of related experience.
  • Energy Tech 4 requires 3-4 years of related experience.
  • Energy Tech 5 requires 4.5-5 years of related experience.
  • Must possess a current, legally valid Commercial Driver's License.
  • Ability to read and interpret safety rules and procedure manuals.
  • Ability to write routine reports and correspondence.
  • Ability to speak effectively before groups.
  • Ability to calculate figures and apply basic algebra and geometry.
  • Ability to perform physical activities associated with climbing poles.

Additional Information

  • Primarily outside construction work.
  • Safety is a core value, promoting an environment free from harm.
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How this job compares in Lewisville, TX

Pay in context

At roughly $50/hr, this posting sits about 80% above the $28/hr median for welding jobs across Texas — toward the top of a $23–$35/hr middle band drawn from 487 postings with published pay. Put another way, it pays more than about 93% 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 Lewisville, TX

We're tracking 11 other active welding openings in Lewisville, TX right now, from 8 different employers. 4 of them were added in the last week. Across Texas as a whole we're tracking 1,424 other active welding openings from 736 employers. A metro this active generally means you have real leverage — employers here are competing for the same welders. Browse every welding job in Lewisville, or widen the search to Texas.

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. Energy Tech 3-5 figures were last recalculated when this page was built.