Job Description

Overview

My client is a leading manufacturer seeking a Field Service Technician to join their team as they grow. This role involves significant travel and offers competitive pay and benefits.

Responsibilities

  • Providing on-site installations, repairs, maintenance, and test tasks.
  • Diagnosing errors or technical problems and determining proper solutions.
  • Performing equipment troubleshooting to diagnose and fix mechanical issues.
  • Repairing or replacing parts as required and completing detailed service reports.
  • Cooperating with the technical team and sharing information across the organization.
  • Ensuring that tools and test equipment are properly maintained and calibrated.
  • Comprehending customer requirements and making appropriate recommendations.
  • Building positive relationships with customers and ensuring their satisfaction.
  • Following all company’s field procedures and protocols.

Requirements

  • A minimum of 3 years of experience as a Field Service Technician or similar role.
  • Hands-on experience with troubleshooting and equipment repairs.
  • Proficiency in using electrical and manual tools (meters, oscilloscopes, etc.).
  • Excellent mechanical and electrical skills.
  • Ability to read and interpret equipment manuals and work orders to perform required maintenance and service.

Benefits

  • Competitive Pay Rate
  • Great Benefits

Additional Information

  • 90% Travel - All Local Travel

Benefits

Competitive Pay Rate
Great Benefits

How this job compares in Union, NJ

Pay in context

At roughly $33/hr, this posting lands within a few percent of the $35/hr median for welding jobs across New Jersey, whose middle half runs $29–$40/hr across 154 postings with published pay. Put another way, it pays more than about 45% of the comparable postings we have wage data for. In other words it is a market-rate offer, so benefits, overtime, and shift schedule are where the real difference between this and the next posting on the list shows up.

The local market in Union, NJ

This is the only active welding job we're currently tracking in Union, NJ, which makes it worth moving on quickly — there is no local competing offer to weigh it against. Across New Jersey as a whole we're tracking 214 other active welding openings from 139 employers. Browse welding jobs across New Jersey.

Jobot currently has 2 other openings live in New Jersey, which is usually a sign of either steady growth or steady turnover — worth asking which in the interview.

The most active employers in New Jersey at the moment, by number of open welding reqs, are Rhoads Industries (13), Gpac (10), and Department of the Navy - Agency Wide (7). Volume like that usually means either a genuine expansion or a staffing agency working several client sites — worth knowing which before you apply.

Within New Jersey, the best-paying metros we track by median hourly rate are Camden at $41/hr, Northvale at $40/hr, and Wayne at $39/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. Field Service Technician figures were last recalculated when this page was built.