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Overview

Caterpillar Inc. is seeking a Field Service Representative I to join their global team, focusing on installing, maintaining, and troubleshooting equipment at customer locations. The role involves participating in a comprehensive Field Repair Training Program to develop the necessary technical skills for field repair activities.

Responsibilities

  • Assist in the removal, rework, and reassembly of gas producer components under supervision.
  • Help recommission units to meet schedule requirements while conforming to safety and quality standards.
  • Support the Overhaul Field Repair team at customer sites using documented instructions.
  • Use specialized field repair tooling, power equipment, and inspection equipment.
  • Perform disassembly, inspection, rework, and reassembly of components.
  • Comply with safety policies and participate in safety meetings and training.
  • Ensure customer expectations are met and repair activities follow company policies.
  • Recognize electrical/mechanical abnormalities and address potential safety hazards.
  • Provide daily updates to the Field Service Supervisor and ensure necessary parts are available.
  • Communicate effectively with supervision and customer representatives.
  • Utilize judgment to analyze problems and solve them in a timely manner.
  • Work individually or with assigned Field Service Representatives on repairs.
  • Monitor on-site repair activities to ensure compliance with specifications and safety procedures.
  • Prepare for jobs by reviewing safety information and verifying parts and tools.

Requirements

  • Basic knowledge of disassembly/assembly procedures for Solar Turbine product lines.
  • Knowledge of customer service concepts and techniques.
  • Proactive initiative in job responsibilities and challenges.
  • Knowledge of troubleshooting approaches and techniques.
  • Knowledge of mechanical maintenance in power supply and oil and gas sectors.
  • Understanding of safety procedures and regulatory requirements.
  • Familiarity with Programmable Logic Controllers (PLC).
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How this job compares in DeSoto, TX

Pay in context

This employer didn't publish a rate. For reference, welding jobs across Texas currently run a median of $31/hr in our index, with the middle half of them falling between $25–$38/hr across 349 postings with published pay. That median is a reasonable floor to anchor on when a recruiter asks what you're looking for.

The local market in DeSoto, TX

This is the only active welding job we're currently tracking in DeSoto, TX, which makes it worth moving on quickly — there is no local competing offer to weigh it against. Across Texas as a whole we're tracking 1,149 other active welding openings from 516 employers. Browse welding jobs across Texas.

Solar Turbines currently has 7 other openings 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 (34), Zachry Group (28), and Worley (19). 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 $39/hr, Dallas at $36/hr, and Pasadena at $36/hr. If you can relocate or commute, that spread is worth factoring in.

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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 Representative I (Field Repair) figures were last recalculated when this page was built.