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Overview

As a Field Technician at Phillips 66, you will be responsible for operational, mechanical, and instrument/electrical functions to ensure safe and reliable operations. This includes supervising field crews, maintaining pipelines, and coordinating with contractors at the Mont Belvieu, TX location.

Responsibilities

  • Maintain, calibrate, troubleshoot, inspect, and repair end devices and electrical equipment.
  • Conduct routine inspection of equipment and facilities.
  • Conduct pipeline pigging, filter changes, and I LI tool runs.
  • Responsible for Startup, Shutdown, and operating NGL equipment.
  • Provide technical support for installations, maintenance, and repairs of mechanical, electrical, and rotating equipment.
  • Perform planned maintenance checks and calibration and submit reports.
  • Read and understand P&IDs.
  • Maintain pipeline ROW such as markers, signs, and vegetation.
  • Maintain records in accordance with Pipeline regulatory requirements.
  • Conduct routine inspection, calibration, and repair of measurement meters.
  • Assist with pulling composite samples and proving measurement meters.
  • Perform maintenance and repair of mechanical equipment such as block valves and air compressors.
  • Conduct routine inspection of transmitters, switches, and hazardous gas detection.
  • Operate PLC, HMI equipment, and pipeline valves.

Requirements

  • Legally authorized to work in the job posting country.
  • High School Diploma or GED.
  • Currently live or be willing to relocate within 35 miles of the reporting location.
  • 3 or more years of operations experience in the Oil & Gas or related industry.
  • Maintain a valid driver’s license.
  • Able to lift a minimum of 50 pounds and occasionally exert pulling force of 130 pounds.
  • Occasionally climb A-frame ladders, including heights up to 45 feet.
  • Regularly stoops, squats, kneels, and crouches for durations up to 30 minutes.
  • Works extended hours, which may include evenings, weekends, and holidays.
  • Works safely near large, hot, high-speed machines.

Benefits

  • 401k
  • Health Insurance
  • Dental
  • Vision

Additional Information

  • The job posting expiration date is 10/22/2026.

Benefits

401k
Health Insurance
Dental
Vision
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How this job compares in Baytown, TX

Pay in context

At roughly $49/hr, this posting sits about 75% above the $28/hr median for welding jobs across Texas — toward the top of a $23–$36/hr middle band drawn from 439 postings with published pay. Put another way, it pays more than about 92% 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 Baytown, TX

We're tracking 63 other active welding openings in Baytown, TX right now, from 27 different employers. 18 of them were added in the last week. Across Texas as a whole we're tracking 1,287 other active welding openings from 583 employers. A metro this active generally means you have real leverage — employers here are competing for the same welders. Browse every welding job in Baytown, or widen the search to Texas.

Phillips 66 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 (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.

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