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Overview

EquipmentShare is hiring a Heavy Equipment Shop Technician (Mechanic) at their rental facility in Houston, TX. The company aims to transform the construction industry by empowering contractors and communities through innovative technology and real-time support.

Responsibilities

  • Provide maintenance and repair for a variety of heavy equipment machinery and aerial lifts.
  • Use technology to create, assign, and monitor work orders.
  • Track machine service intervals and order parts.
  • Diagnose issues by pulling data from various makes and models.
  • Practice safe job practices for repairing equipment.
  • Maintain paperwork and electronic documentation of work performed.
  • Assist in the training of lower level technicians as needed.
  • Assist with pick-up and delivery of equipment and parts.
  • Be knowledgeable of OSHA requirements.

Requirements

  • Must own tools applicable to position.
  • Advanced mechanical aptitude and working knowledge of tools.
  • Extensive knowledge of construction equipment with an understanding of schematics and diagrams.
  • Superior customer service, teamwork, and communication skills.
  • High School diploma required; Trade school certificate preferred.
  • Experience in field service, maintenance, and repair preferred.
  • Must be able to lift up to 50 pounds.

Benefits

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

Additional Information

  • Schedule: Monday to Friday, 7:00 AM to 5:00 PM.
  • Overtime pay after working 40 hours.
  • Role is subject to on-call scheduling with additional compensation.

Benefits

401k
Health Insurance
Dental
Vision
PTO
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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–$31/hr across 70 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 314 other active welding openings in Houston, TX right now, from 184 different employers. 107 of them were added in the last week. Across Texas as a whole we're tracking 1,251 other active welding openings from 695 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.

EquipmentShare currently has 4 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 (21), Welding Shop in Houston, TX (21), and Austin Industries (15). 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.

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. Heavy Equipment Shop Technician (Mechanic) figures were last recalculated when this page was built.