Technical Advisor - Field Services

Location

Rose Hill Acres, TX

Wage

$75,000 – $95,000/yr

Employment Type

Contract

Required Skills & Certifications

Stick WeldingFlux-Core Welding
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Posted on November 9, 2026

Job Description

Overview

HRST, Inc. is seeking an experienced Technical Advisor to join their Field Services team. This role involves serving as an on-site technical representative at customer power generation facilities, utilizing hands-on experience and technical expertise to oversee field activities and ensure high-quality project completion.

Responsibilities

  • Serve as HRST's on-site technical expert during power plant outages, installations, inspections, maintenance, and repair projects.
  • Provide technical oversight of contractors, subcontractors, and vendors performing welding, fabrication, boiler, and pressure-part work.
  • Evaluate workmanship, materials, and field activities for compliance with engineering specifications, applicable codes, and quality standards.
  • Identify technical issues, troubleshoot field challenges, and recommend practical solutions.
  • Work closely with customers, Project Managers, Engineering, and Field Services personnel to support successful project execution.
  • Review technical drawings, welding procedures, inspection results, and repair documentation.
  • Prepare field reports documenting observations, recommendations, and corrective actions.
  • Represent HRST professionally while building strong relationships with customers and field teams.

Requirements

  • 5+ years of relevant hands-on experience in welding, fabrication, boiler repair, industrial maintenance, inspection, power generation, or related field services.
  • Strong technical knowledge of boilers, HRSGs, pressure parts, welding practices, and industrial equipment.
  • Working knowledge of welding processes, including GTAW, SMAW, FCAW, and SAW.
  • Familiarity with welding procedures and qualifications (WPS, PQR, WPQ).
  • Understanding of nondestructive examination (NDE) methods, including PT, MT, and UT.
  • Ability to read and interpret engineering drawings, technical specifications, and inspection documentation.
  • Strong troubleshooting, decision-making, and communication skills.
  • Confidence working independently in industrial field environments and collaborating with customers and contractors.
  • Willingness and ability to travel approximately 60% of the time to customer sites and other project locations.

How this job compares in Rose Hill Acres, TX

Pay in context

At roughly $41/hr, this posting sits about 32% above the $31/hr median for welding jobs across Texas — toward the top of a $25–$39/hr middle band drawn from 325 postings with published pay. Put another way, it pays more than about 81% 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 Rose Hill Acres, TX

This is the only active welding job we're currently tracking in Rose Hill Acres, 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 1,132 other active welding openings from 497 employers. Browse welding jobs across Texas.

The most active employers in Texas at the moment, by number of open welding reqs, are Zachry Group (33), Austin Industries (30), and Welding Shop in Austin, TX (21). 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 $40/hr, Dallas at $39/hr, and Pasadena at $36/hr. If you can relocate or commute, that spread is worth factoring in.

What you'll be running

This posting calls for Stick and Flux-Core work. Stick (SMAW) burns a flux-coated consumable rod and needs no shielding gas, so it works in wind, rain, and on dirty or rusted steel. That tolerance for bad conditions keeps it the default for field, structural, and repair work. Flux-cored (FCAW) runs a hollow wire filled with flux, combining MIG-like deposition rates with the outdoor tolerance of stick. It is the workhorse on heavy structural steel and shipbuilding, where thick sections and long welds reward speed.

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