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Overview

The Technician position involves assembling, disassembling, and repairing pumps, motors, cylinders, and valves, while diagnosing problems and testing items in both shop and field environments. Applied Industrial Technologies is a leading distributor and technical solutions provider in industrial motion and fluid power.

Responsibilities

  • Repair pumps, motors, cylinders, and valves.
  • Tear down pumps, motors, cylinders, and valves for repair and identify parts needed.
  • Build new pumps, motors, cylinders, and valves.
  • Assist in the machine shop as needed.
  • Test completed pumps, motors, valves, and cylinders according to written procedures.
  • Clean, lubricate, and adjust parts, equipment, and machinery.
  • Record parts and materials needed and request new parts and materials as necessary.
  • Maintain a neat and orderly shop.
  • Hone and repair barrels.
  • Help with the installation, troubleshooting, and maintenance of mechanical, hydraulic, and pneumatic systems and controls.
  • Maintain test stands and equipment in accordance with ISO procedures.
  • Know, understand, and abide by environmental policies.
  • Weld as needed.

Requirements

  • High School Graduate or GED/Vocational School.
  • Three years mechanic experience, hydraulic experience preferred.
  • Hands-on mechanical aptitude.
  • Ability to pay attention to the minute details of a task.
  • Ability to identify and correct conditions that affect employee safety.
  • Ability to accept responsibility and account for actions.
  • Ability to make decisions while following company procedures.
  • Keep management informed of work and backlog.
  • Ability to use cranes and other heavy and light machines and equipment.
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How this job compares in Houston, TX

Pay in context

This employer didn't publish a rate. For reference, welding jobs in Houston, TX currently run a median of $27/hr in our index, with the middle half of them falling between $22–$37/hr across 86 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 Houston, TX

We're tracking 341 other active welding openings in Houston, TX right now, from 192 different employers. 94 of them were added in the last week. Across Texas as a whole we're tracking 1,256 other active welding openings from 597 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.

Applied Fluid Power 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 (29), Welding Shop in Austin, TX (27), and Zachry Group (23). 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 Midlothian at $38/hr, Irving at $38/hr, and Pasadena at $37/hr. If you can relocate or commute, that spread is worth factoring in.

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