Job Description

Overview

As a Field Technician specializing in boiler instrumentation and combustion controls at Cleaver-Brooks Sales & Service, you will be the go-to expert for the rental fleet and customer systems, ensuring safe and efficient steam delivery. The company integrates boilers, burners, and controls and operates 24/7 to provide reliable solutions.

Responsibilities

  • Wire controls and motors for watertube and firetube packages plus auxiliary equipment.
  • Rebuild control valves/regulators; select valve trims, regulator springs, and oil gun sizes and lengths.
  • Fabricate, wire, and test control panels and fuel skids from engineering schematics/layouts.
  • Build and function-test condensate tanks and deaerators; complete boiler trim-outs.
  • Commission rental boilers at customer sites; tune for optimal combustion on pneumatic and electrical control architectures.
  • Interpret blueprints and wiring diagrams; troubleshoot even without a schematic.
  • Train colleagues and customers on system operation and controls best practices.
  • Maintain tool/monitor inventories; support cross-team projects; follow company policies; other duties as assigned.

Requirements

  • High school diploma or equivalent.
  • 3+ years of boiler experience with PLCs, transformers, transmitters, and related control hardware.
  • Valid, clean driver’s license with no restrictions.
  • Fluency reading blueprints/schematics; able to follow written and verbal work instructions.
  • Broad knowledge of boiler controls; strong mechanical and electrical foundation.
  • Field retrofit experience and the ability to diagnose boilers and auxiliary equipment without prints.

Benefits

  • Health Insurance
  • Dental
  • Vision
  • PTO
  • 401k

Additional Information

  • Location: Dallas, TX
  • Frequent stooping, climbing, bending, crawling, and standing for extended periods.
  • Lift up to 50 pounds; work in confined and elevated spaces.
  • Operate in plant environments requiring site orientations and strict safety practices.

Benefits

Health Insurance
Dental
Vision
PTO
401k

How this job compares in Dallas, TX

Pay in context

This employer didn't publish a rate. For reference, welding jobs in Dallas, TX currently run a median of $36/hr in our index, with the middle half of them falling between $29–$39/hr across 43 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 Dallas, TX

We're tracking 122 other active welding openings in Dallas, TX right now, from 69 different employers. 35 of them were added in the last week. Across Texas as a whole we're tracking 1,149 other active welding openings from 516 employers. A metro this active generally means you have real leverage — employers here are competing for the same welders. Browse every welding job in Dallas, or widen the search to Texas.

Cleaver-Brooks currently has 6 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. Dallas is among them.

Similar openings near Dallas, TX

Pay figures are medians computed from live postings in the Welding Pros index, not from survey data, and they move as employers post. Field Technician, Boiler Instrumentation & Combustion Controls (Rental Systems) figures were last recalculated when this page was built.