Job Description

Overview

The Service Technician II repairs, services, and builds hydraulic, fluid power, electrical, and mechanical systems under general supervision. This role may also provide guidance to less experienced technicians.

Responsibilities

  • Performs maintenance on assigned customer products that come through the service shop.
  • Disassembles, cleans, and inspects system components for repair.
  • Diagnoses system components and recommends a solution to the customer.
  • Prepares job form listing parts and works necessary to perform the repair.
  • Designs, fabricates, machines, and welds parts and components.
  • Repairs hydraulic, fluid power, electrical, and mechanical systems.
  • Assembles new and repaired equipment.
  • Tests repaired equipment for performance and prepares for shipment or long-term storage.
  • Assists customers by answering specific technical questions to help the customer understand the work to be done.
  • Responds to customer inquiries regarding products, provides quotes, and handles order entry.
  • Builds customer relationships to drive repeat business by relating to the customer and driving process improvements.
  • Assists less experienced Service Technicians with addressing customer needs.
  • Performs other duties as assigned.

Requirements

  • Typically requires a high school diploma or GED.
  • Three (3) to five (5) years of shop experience or an equivalent combination.
  • Ability to read hydraulic schematics.
  • Strong communication skills required.
  • Basic mechanical knowledge.
  • Ability to operate shop equipment safely.
  • Ability to work independently or in a team environment with minimal supervision.

Benefits

  • Health Insurance
  • 401k
  • PTO

Additional Information

  • Ability to work overtime and weekends.
  • Working conditions may be indoor and/or outdoor. Noise level may be loud at times.

Benefits

Health Insurance
401k
PTO

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 $26/hr in our index, with the middle half of them falling between $22–$34/hr across 87 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 360 other active welding openings in Houston, TX right now, from 211 different employers. 157 of them were added in the last week. Across Texas as a whole we're tracking 1,424 other active welding openings from 737 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.

Motion currently has 2 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 Zachry Group (26), Welding Shop in Houston, TX (25), and Austin Industries (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 Pasadena at $40/hr, San Angelo at $39/hr, and Midlothian at $38/hr. If you can relocate or commute, that spread is worth factoring in.

Similar openings near Houston, TX

Pay figures are medians computed from live postings in the Welding Pros index, not from survey data, and they move as employers post. Service Technician II figures were last recalculated when this page was built.