Senior Engineer I, Mechanical, Projects
Location
Houston, TX
Wage
$140,400 – $171,600/yr
Employment Type
Full-time
Posted on November 11, 2026
Location
Houston, TX
Wage
$140,400 – $171,600/yr
Employment Type
Full-time
Posted on November 11, 2026
The Senior Engineer I, Mechanical, Projects at Phillips 66 serves as the owner’s engineer and mechanical project resource for fixed equipment and piping scope within the Refining Business Unit Projects organization. This role involves providing technical support, maintaining quality expectations, and reviewing mechanical deliverables from various contractors and engineering firms.
At roughly $75/hr, this posting sits about 134% above the $32/hr median for welding jobs in Houston, TX — toward the top of a $23–$41/hr middle band drawn from 76 postings with published pay. Put another way, it pays more than about 100% 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.
We're tracking 329 other active welding openings in Houston, TX right now, from 181 different employers. 103 of them were added in the last week. Across Texas as a whole we're tracking 1,153 other active welding openings from 503 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 Zachry Group (33), Austin Industries (32), and Worley (21). 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 Arlington at $40/hr, Dallas at $39/hr, and Pasadena at $36/hr. If you can relocate or commute, that spread is worth factoring in.
Pay figures are medians computed from live postings in the Welding Pros index, not from survey data, and they move as employers post. Senior Engineer I, Mechanical, Projects figures were last recalculated when this page was built.