Job Description

Overview

Integrity Trade Services is hiring a Senior Mechanical Engineer for an oil and gas client, offering a salary of up to $118K annually depending on experience. This direct hire opportunity includes comprehensive benefits upon hire.

Responsibilities

  • Design, develop, and refine mud pumps, positive displacement pumps, frac pumps, and related mechanical equipment.
  • Provide engineering expertise and technical support to ensure equipment performance, reliability, safety, and efficiency.
  • Develop innovative mechanical design solutions that meet applicable industry standards.
  • Perform stress analyses on mechanical components and systems to evaluate structural integrity and durability.
  • Create detailed design layouts and engineering drawings in accordance with established standards and best practices.
  • Conduct tolerance studies and review design documentation to maintain quality and accuracy.
  • Research and specify purchased components based on compatibility, performance, and cost-effectiveness.
  • Develop and implement test plans to validate component and system performance and functionality.
  • Prepare engineering reports documenting design processes, analyses, testing, and results.
  • Evaluate emerging hardware and software technologies to improve equipment offerings.
  • Collaborate with cross-functional teams on equipment conceptualization, development, and specifications.

Requirements

  • Bachelor’s degree in Mechanical Engineering.
  • Required design experience with mud pumps, positive displacement pumps, frac pumps, or related equipment.
  • At least 3 years of relevant engineering design experience.
  • Strong background in machine design and the development of mechanical systems.
  • Proficiency with CAD software, such as Creo, Inventor, or SolidWorks, and finite element analysis (FEA) tools, such as Ansys or SolidWorks Simulation.
  • Ability to read and interpret piping and instrumentation diagrams (P&IDs), electrical schematics, and hydraulic schematics.
  • Strong analytical and problem-solving skills with close attention to detail.
  • Excellent communication and collaboration skills.
  • Ability to accommodate occasional domestic and international travel, including potential travel to India once every 2 or 3 years.

Benefits

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

Additional Information

  • Location: Houston, TX
  • Schedule/Shift Details: 9:00 am to 4:00 pm; the individual can decide to start earlier.
  • Remote work: 3 days in office, 2 days at home, only after the individual is fully trained and able to work independently.

Benefits

Health Insurance
Dental
Vision
PTO
401k

How this job compares in Houston, TX

Pay in context

At roughly $57/hr, this posting sits about 89% 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 90% 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.

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