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Overview

As a Maintenance Technician II, you will work in a team environment, providing technical support to ensure a safe environment and the production of high-quality products. This role involves maintaining manufacturing processes and equipment, troubleshooting issues, and performing repairs across various systems.

Responsibilities

  • Maintain manufacturing processes and equipment in optimum condition.
  • Provide technical support to ensure safety and quality in production.
  • Operate electrical, electronic, hydraulic, mechanical, and welding equipment.
  • Repair and replace building systems and plant equipment.
  • Inspect systems for compliance and monitor pressures and temperatures.
  • Perform preventative maintenance and apply lock-out/tag-out procedures.
  • Troubleshoot various systems including electrical, hydraulic, and refrigeration.
  • Read and design blueprints for repairs and modifications.

Requirements

  • High School Diploma or GED is required.
  • Experience in maintenance is required.
  • Experience in electrical, mechanical, and equipment repair is required.
  • Strong working knowledge of plant equipment maintenance operations is required.
  • Aptitude in industrial plant, mechanical, or electrical work is required.
  • Understanding of building systems, electrical distribution, and hydraulic systems is required.
  • Knowledge of refrigeration systems and welding techniques is required.

Benefits

Additional Information

  • Travel by car or plane with overnight stays may be required.
  • Regularly lift up to 20 lbs and occasionally lift more.
  • Work extended hours and rotating schedules.
  • Work in various temperature-controlled environments.
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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 77 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 329 other active welding openings in Houston, TX right now, from 194 different employers. 127 of them were added in the last week. Across Texas as a whole we're tracking 1,339 other active welding openings from 721 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.

H-E-B currently has 5 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 Welding Shop in Houston, TX (27), Zachry Group (22), and Austin Industries (16). 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, Arlington at $39/hr, and Midlothian at $38/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. Maintenance Technician II figures were last recalculated when this page was built.