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Overview

A fast-growing oil and gas services company is seeking a Design Engineer to join the team. This role involves developing mechanical systems from conceptual ideas through to manufacturing and testing, while also advancing existing products for the industry.

Responsibilities

  • Apply Engineering principles to the design of machinery and equipment including mechanical systems, hydraulics, structural components and control systems.
  • Produce conceptual and detailed engineering equipment design and analysis using company design methods.
  • Prepare assembly drawings, manufacturing drawings, and bills of material.
  • Ensure engineering design packages are in full compliance with customers’ requirements and all relevant codes and standards.
  • Review client supplied technical data testing and or project execution.
  • Advise and/or instruct operations and manufacturing staff with respect to testing and assembly of equipment.
  • Design modifications of existing products to suit client requirements.
  • Innovate new solutions to solve unique challenges a client may be experiencing.
  • Assist with the training and development of Junior Design Engineers and Trainees.
  • Maintain good working relationships internally with other departments and externally with clients.
  • Attend client meetings as required, identifying design engineering requirements and processes to meet client needs.
  • Adhere to project objectives, budget, schedules and deadlines.

Requirements

  • BSc Degree in Mechanical Engineering.
  • 3 - 10 years of relevant experience, within the Oil and Gas industry; subsea experience would be an advantage.
  • Design experience from first principles.
  • Design experience to ASME pressure vessel/pipeline codes and standards; B31.4, B31.8, B31.3, ASME VIII Div 1 and 2.
  • Familiar with Process Plant or Pipeline interventions type work such as hot taps, line stops, welded fittings, repair clamps, isolations either inline or branch installed and temperature or corrosion considerations.
  • Competence in 3D modelling and drafting; proficient with Autodesk Inventor or Solidworks.
  • Experienced and competent in checking engineering design packages.
  • Excellent analytical skills.
  • Excellent communication skills both verbal and written.

Benefits

  • Health Insurance
  • Dental
  • Vision
  • 401k

Additional Information

  • Location: Houston, TX
  • Type of Position: Direct Hire

Benefits

Health Insurance
Dental
Vision
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How this job compares in Houston, TX

Pay in context

At roughly $53/hr, this posting sits about 76% above the $30/hr median for welding jobs in Houston, TX — toward the top of a $22–$37/hr middle band drawn from 99 postings with published pay. Put another way, it pays more than about 87% 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 Houston, TX

We're tracking 371 other active welding openings in Houston, TX right now, from 205 different employers. 118 of them were added in the last week. Across Texas as a whole we're tracking 1,287 other active welding openings from 582 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.

The most active employers in Texas at the moment, by number of open welding reqs, are Austin Industries (35), Welding Shop in Austin, TX (25), and Zachry Group (22). 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 Abernathy at $45/hr, Arlington at $40/hr, and Pasadena at $37/hr. If you can relocate or commute, that spread is worth factoring in.

Certifications this posting mentions

  • ASME Section IX — the ASME Boiler and Pressure Vessel Code qualification. It covers welding on pressure-retaining equipment — boilers, vessels, and process piping — where a failed weld is a safety incident rather than a rework ticket.

Read straight from this posting's text. Confirm the exact qualification the employer wants before you test — requirements vary by shop even under the same code.

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