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Overview

Leslie's, founded in 1963, is the largest direct-to-consumer brand in the U.S. pool and spa care industry, offering a wide range of products and services. As a Service Technician Trainee, you will provide exceptional pool service delivery to customers through hands-on support, including sales, installations, and repairs of pool equipment.

Responsibilities

  • Perform sales, installation, and repair of swimming pool equipment for residential and commercial customers.
  • Interact directly with customers to provide service, product recommendations, and general guidance.
  • Maintain high standards of customer service, professionalism, and ethical conduct.
  • Comply with all company safety procedures, including safe work practices and driving habits.
  • Partner with Service Managers to ensure company guidelines, policies, and procedures are met or exceeded.
  • Install, troubleshoot, and repair gas and electrical pool heaters.
  • Diagnose and repair motors, filters, timers, pool cleaners, blowers, lighting, automated pool systems, chlorinators, and backwash valves.
  • Perform PVC, copper, and galvanized plumbing repairs and installations.
  • Troubleshoot suction, priming, and high-/low-pressure system issues.

Requirements

  • Valid driver’s license with a clean motor vehicle record (MVR).
  • Ability to pass a drug screen and background check.
  • Working knowledge of general plumbing and/or electrical systems.
  • Basic knowledge of using a multimeter and making electrical connections.

Benefits

  • 401k

Benefits

401k
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How this job compares in Irving, TX

Pay in context

At roughly $20/hr, this posting comes in about 31% below the $29/hr median for welding jobs in Irving, TX, where the middle half runs $27–$34/hr across 11 postings with published pay. Put another way, it pays more than about 0% of the comparable postings we have wage data for. That gap is worth raising directly — in a market this size there is normally room to negotiate toward the median, particularly if you already hold the certifications the posting asks for.

The local market in Irving, TX

We're tracking 26 other active welding openings in Irving, TX right now, from 23 different employers. 14 of them were added in the last week. Across Texas as a whole we're tracking 1,274 other active welding openings from 699 employers. A metro this active generally means you have real leverage — employers here are competing for the same welders. Browse every welding job in Irving, or widen the search to Texas.

Leslie's 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 Zachry Group (22), Welding Shop in Houston, TX (21), and Austin Industries (17). 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 $82/hr, Midlothian at $38/hr, and Dallas at $35/hr. If you can relocate or commute, that spread is worth factoring in.

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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 Trainee figures were last recalculated when this page was built.