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Job Description

Overview

A Truck Installation Technician III at Reading Truck works under the direction of the Shop Supervisor to complete the installation of specialty truck equipment such as service utility bodies, stake bodies, dump bodies, hitches, and other commercial truck accessories. Reading Truck has over 65 years of industry leadership in the manufacture, distribution, and enhancement of work truck bodies.

Responsibilities

  • Follow safety rules and comply with all PPE requirements.
  • Install truck bodies, plows, and commercial truck accessories.
  • Mount hitches, shelves, drawers, ladder racks, mud flaps, etc.
  • Have basic weld experience (helpful).
  • Train with other mechanics as needed.
  • Perform other duties assigned by Supervisor/Manager.

Requirements

  • 2+ years of welding skills (metal and aluminum).
  • 2+ years of electrical wiring experience.
  • Ability to build schematics.
  • Complex Hydraulics knowledge and experience (a plus).
  • Independent ability to troubleshoot.
  • Ability to operate power hand tools and have basic tools.

Benefits

  • Health Insurance
  • Dental
  • Vision
  • PTO
  • 401k

Benefits

Health Insurance
Dental
Vision
PTO
401k
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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 $25/hr in our index, with the middle half of them falling between $22–$32/hr across 71 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 326 other active welding openings in Houston, TX right now, from 186 different employers. 120 of them were added in the last week. Across Texas as a whole we're tracking 1,307 other active welding openings from 708 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.

Reading Truck 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 (24), Welding Shop in Houston, TX (21), and Austin Industries (19). 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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