Job Description

Overview

Caterpillar Inc. is seeking an Overhaul Technician to join their global team, responsible for the assembly of overhauled turbomachinery products while ensuring safety and quality standards are met. The role involves utilizing standard production applications and collaborating with team members to solve technical problems.

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 are inadequate.
  • 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.
  • Ensure proper documentation of assembly, disassembly, or repairs.
  • Use precision measuring instruments and shop equipment as assigned.
  • Maintain a clean and orderly workspace.
  • Support production needs and continuous improvement projects.
  • Participate in team meetings and adhere to team norms.
  • Work required hours to meet production and customer needs.
  • Demonstrate proficiency with precision measuring equipment.
  • Operate shop and material handling equipment in an overhaul environment.
  • Perform rework as necessary.

Requirements

  • Strong interpersonal skills.
  • Ability to build and maintain effective working relationships.
  • Self-driven with the ability to balance concurrent tasks.
  • Commitment to teamwork and customer service.

Benefits

  • Health Insurance
  • Dental
  • Vision
  • PTO
  • 401k

Additional Information

  • This position requires working onsite five days a week.
  • Visa Sponsorship is not available for this position.

Benefits

Health Insurance
Dental
Vision
PTO
401k

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 424 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: 1 other active welding opening alongside this one, from 1 employer. Across Texas as a whole we're tracking 1,256 other active welding openings from 597 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 Austin Industries (29), Welding Shop in Austin, TX (27), and Zachry Group (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 Midlothian at $38/hr, Irving at $38/hr, and Pasadena at $37/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.