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Overview

Xylem is a Fortune 500 global water solutions company dedicated to advancing sustainable impact and empowering people who make water work every day. The Senior Field Service Technician will be responsible for initiating and executing field service activities at customer sites, including troubleshooting, maintenance, and safety management.

Responsibilities

  • Create and maintain a safe working environment and culture within the organization
  • Take care of company property
  • Demonstrate high impact culture through innovation, accountability, and empowerment
  • Function in a team environment with minimal supervision
  • Work independently

Requirements

  • HS diploma or equivalent
  • Capable of obtaining a CDL, class A or B with applicable endorsements
  • Ability to obtain all required customer clearances (TWIC, DISA, etc.)
  • Ability to obtain DOT Medical card
  • Clean driving record
  • 2 to 5 years of technical work experience including industrial or commercial process water experience
  • Electrical, mechanical, diesel, fusion experience depending on business unit
  • Experience with Microsoft Office including smart devices
  • Customer service experience
  • Demonstrates critical thinking and troubleshooting ability
  • Synthesizes technical information and communicates it clearly
  • Derives insight from customer experience to produce outcomes and solve problems

Additional Information

  • Some travel required, 20%-80% travel depending on division & location (overnight stays, away from home)
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How this job compares in Edison, NJ

Pay in context

This employer didn't publish a rate. For reference, welding jobs across New Jersey currently run a median of $33/hr in our index, with the middle half of them falling between $28–$40/hr across 115 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 Edison, NJ

Edison, NJ is a small market in our index: 2 other active welding openings alongside this one, from 2 employers. Across New Jersey as a whole we're tracking 216 other active welding openings from 135 employers. With this few local postings, most welders here end up either commuting or looking at travel work. Browse welding jobs across New Jersey.

Xylem currently has 1 other opening live in New Jersey, which is usually a sign of either steady growth or steady turnover — worth asking which in the interview.

The most active employers in New Jersey at the moment, by number of open welding reqs, are Rhoads Industries (13), MillenniumSoft Inc (11), and Gpac (9). Volume like that usually means either a genuine expansion or a staffing agency working several client sites — worth knowing which before you apply.

Within New Jersey, the best-paying metros we track by median hourly rate are Camden at $41/hr, Newark at $38/hr, and Somerdale at $27/hr. If you can relocate or commute, that spread is worth factoring in.

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