Job Description

Overview

The Instrumentation Technician - HVAC / BAS position at MD Anderson Cancer Center involves maintaining, repairing, and troubleshooting HVAC and building automation systems to ensure the safety and operational compliance of hospital facilities. The role is crucial for delivering world-class cancer care and supports the institution's mission to eliminate cancer through integrated patient care, research, and education.

Responsibilities

  • Maintain, repair, and troubleshoot HVAC systems including air handling units, fan coil units, and associated equipment.
  • Perform functions on live circuits and in operating controls enclosures.
  • Install, troubleshoot, and repair electrical controls and equipment per NEC guidelines.
  • Read, draw, and interpret electrical, pneumatic, mechanical, and HVAC schematics.
  • Investigate outages and examine mechanisms and circuitry for defects.
  • Run conduit, pull wire, and install circuits for electrically powered units.
  • Respond to customer calls and provide emergency responses for facilities.
  • Document corrective actions, labor hours, and materials used on work orders.

Requirements

  • High School Diploma or Equivalent required; Associate's Degree in Electronics or related field preferred.
  • 4 years of experience in electronic, building automated systems, and pneumatic controls, including 2 years of electrical experience required, or 2 years of experience with a Journeyman Electrician's license.
  • Skilled in practices, methods, materials, tools, and equipment of the electronic technician trade.
  • Ability to program microprocessors for initial commissioning and tune operating controls.
  • Knowledge of occupational hazards and safety precautions.

Benefits

  • Health Insurance
  • Dental
  • Vision
  • PTO

Additional Information

  • Work schedule is Monday-Friday, 11pm-7:30am.
  • Employment Status: Full-Time
  • Work Location: Onsite
  • FLSA: non-exempt and eligible for overtime pay

Benefits

Health Insurance
Dental
Vision
PTO

How this job compares in Houston, TX

Pay in context

At roughly $41/hr, this posting sits about 29% above the $32/hr median for welding jobs in Houston, TX — toward the top of a $23–$41/hr middle band drawn from 92 postings with published pay. Put another way, it pays more than about 78% 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 344 other active welding openings in Houston, TX right now, from 195 different employers. 138 of them were added in the last week. Across Texas as a whole we're tracking 1,245 other active welding openings from 549 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.

UT MD Anderson 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 (39), Zachry Group (30), and Welding Shop in Houston, TX (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 Old Sixth Ward at $40/hr, Arlington at $39/hr, and Dallas at $36/hr. If you can relocate or commute, that spread is worth factoring in.

Similar openings near Houston, TX

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