Job Description

Overview

The Maintenance Technician is responsible for the repairs and maintenance of various types of machinery, including conventional, N/C, and CNC equipment. The role involves troubleshooting mechanical and electrical failures, performing preventative maintenance, and ensuring compliance with safety regulations.

Responsibilities

  • Responsible for all repairs and maintenance of conventional, N/C, CNC machinery, mechanical equipment, and material handling equipment.
  • Troubleshoots and determines causes of failures in machinery including electric, electronic, hydraulic, and mechanical failures.
  • May troubleshoot and repair jib cranes, overhead cranes, and forklifts.
  • Reads and interprets blueprints, electric, and hydraulic schematics for troubleshooting.
  • May wire, perform electrical installations, and disconnect and connect machine tools and other machinery.
  • May perform work on switch gears, motor relays, gear boxes, and point to point wiring.
  • May troubleshoot electrical circuits including a/c and d/c circuitry.
  • May set up and operate lathes, drill presses, grinders, and other metalworking tools.
  • May perform basic arc welding for repair purposes.
  • Initiates purchase orders for parts for repairs.
  • Responsible for maintaining and monitoring the preventative maintenance program.
  • Keeps equipment and work area clean and orderly and performs basic preventative maintenance functions.
  • Adheres and complies with state and federal law, the Company ISO Quality Program, and safety regulations.
  • Performs other duties as assigned by supervisor.

Requirements

  • Must be able to operate a forklift and other heavy equipment proficiently.
  • Must have 3 or more years of maintenance electrical/mechanical experience working on manual, N/C & CNC equipment.
  • Must be able to read blueprints and hydraulic schematics.
  • Must possess excellent hydraulic troubleshooting skills.
  • Electrical troubleshooting experience is required.
  • Preventive maintenance experience preferred.
  • Must be able to follow written and oral instructions.
  • Must be able to communicate in English (both written and oral).
  • Must be adaptable to a changing work environment and able to deal with frequent change.
  • Must be willing and able to work flexible shifts and changing work schedules.
  • Must possess basic math skills for material take-offs and fabrication.

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 193 different employers. 126 of them were added in the last week. Across Texas as a whole we're tracking 1,339 other active welding openings from 720 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.

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.

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. Maintenance Technician figures were last recalculated when this page was built.