Field Service Technician - Deep Foundation Equipment (Nationwide)
Location
Houston, TX
Wage
$29.92 – $52.3/hr
Employment Type
Full-time
Posted on October 23, 2026
Location
Houston, TX
Wage
$29.92 – $52.3/hr
Employment Type
Full-time
Posted on October 23, 2026
The Field Service Technician position at Liebherr involves diagnosing, repairing, and overhauling mobile equipment such as crawler cranes and drilling rigs. The role requires applying mechanical and electrical theory to ensure operational efficiency and compliance with manufacturer specifications while promoting safety and professionalism.
At roughly $41/hr, this posting sits about 28% 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 77% 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 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.
Liebherr USA 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.
Pay figures are medians computed from live postings in the Welding Pros index, not from survey data, and they move as employers post. Field Service Technician - Deep Foundation Equipment (Nationwide) figures were last recalculated when this page was built.