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Overview

The Mechanical Engineer position focuses on thermal drying and involves collaboration with lead mechanical engineers on various projects. The role includes executing engineering tasks, preparing technical documents, and maintaining equipment drawings and specifications.

Responsibilities

  • Understand and follow project specifications impacting assigned engineering tasks.
  • Execute assigned tasks to meet project schedule and contract deliverable dates.
  • Create and maintain drawings per lead mechanical engineer’s instructions.
  • Update drawings based on comments from internal and external sources.
  • Review, approve, and maintain vendor and Andritz documents throughout the project cycle.
  • Create 3D models of dryer system layouts and 2D files for specific projects.
  • Maintain design traceability of standard dryer equipment and project modifications.
  • Review vendor equipment fit into Andritz system layouts and provide feedback.
  • Prepare fabrication drawing sets based on 3D Inventor model.
  • Prepare instrument lists, spare parts lists, maintenance summaries, and tag lists.
  • Identify, check, and tag instruments.
  • Prepare part numbers and BOMs using SAP.
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Pay in context

This employer didn't publish a rate. For reference, welding jobs in Arlington, TX currently run a median of $39/hr in our index, with the middle half of them falling between $35–$40/hr across 8 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 Arlington, TX

We're tracking 29 other active welding openings in Arlington, TX right now, from 15 different employers. 12 of them were added in the last week. Across Texas as a whole we're tracking 1,149 other active welding openings from 515 employers. A metro this active generally means you have real leverage — employers here are competing for the same welders. Browse every welding job in Arlington, or widen the search to Texas.

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. Arlington is among them.

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