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Overview

EthosEnergy is seeking a Senior Engineer to support the Gas Turbine Product Line, overseeing customer orders and ensuring quality and efficiency. The role involves assessing rotor conditions and providing technical guidance to less experienced engineers.

Responsibilities

  • Create, issue, and maintain shop work instructions.
  • Draft, review, and interpret engineering blueprints.
  • Troubleshoot project issues using technical expertise.
  • Support engineering calculations, material specifications, and repairs.
  • Review job releases and prepare inspection packages.
  • Verify compliance of drawings and specifications before issuing shop packages.
  • Maintain detailed cost workbooks for jobs and change orders.
  • Create and implement inspection forms as needed.
  • Review inspection results for compliance with standards.
  • Develop repair scopes from inspection findings.
  • Prepare technical reports summarizing assessments and recommendations.
  • Support customer discussions with overall assessments of equipment.
  • Lead cross-functional meetings to review project scope.
  • Initiate procurement of necessary parts and services.
  • Prepare RFQ estimates for commercial teams.
  • Support production schedules and work extended hours as required.
  • Identify process improvements and expand knowledge of repair methods.
  • Create and maintain project BOMs.
  • Perform rotor RLE analyses and recommend engineering actions.
  • Analyze rotor condition and disposition of findings.
  • Mentor and support less-experienced engineers.
  • Develop repair processes for heavy-duty frame rotors.

Requirements

  • High school diploma or equivalent required.
  • BS in engineering preferred, or equivalent experience.
  • 8+ years of experience in turbomachinery repairs preferred.
  • 5-8 years minimum in a manufacturing or repair shop environment.
  • Strong customer service and engineering analysis skills required.
  • Proficiency with ERP systems required.
  • Expertise in metallurgical analysis and material selection.
  • Ability to evaluate rotor condition through engineering analysis.

Benefits

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

Additional Information

  • Position may require extra hours to support production schedules.

Benefits

Health Insurance
Dental
Vision
401k
PTO
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Pay in context

This employer didn't publish a rate. For reference, welding jobs in Houston, TX currently run a median of $27/hr in our index, with the middle half of them falling between $22–$37/hr across 86 postings with published pay. That median is a reasonable floor to anchor on when a recruiter asks what you're looking for.

The local market in Houston, TX

We're tracking 341 other active welding openings in Houston, TX right now, from 192 different employers. 95 of them were added in the last week. Across Texas as a whole we're tracking 1,256 other active welding openings from 597 employers. A metro this active generally means you have real leverage — employers here are competing for the same welders. Browse every welding job in Houston, or widen the search to Texas.

EthosEnergy 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 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.

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