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Overview

The Senior Service Technician repairs, services, and builds standard and custom systems for complex hydraulic, fluid power, electrical, and mechanical systems under limited supervision. This role also involves providing guidance to less experienced technicians.

Responsibilities

  • Performs maintenance on assigned customer products that come through the service shop.
  • Disassembles, cleans, and inspects system components for repair.
  • Prepares job form listing parts and works necessary to perform the repair.
  • Designs, fabricates, machines, and welds parts and components.
  • Repairs hydraulic, fluid power, electrical, and mechanical systems.
  • Tests repaired equipment for performance and prepares for shipment or long-term storage.
  • Assists customers by answering specific technical questions.
  • Responds to customer inquiries regarding products, provides quotes, and handles order entry.
  • Builds customer relationships to drive repeat business.
  • Assists less experienced Service Technicians with addressing customer needs.
  • Performs other duties as assigned.

Requirements

  • Typically requires a high school diploma or GED.
  • At least five years of shop experience or an equivalent combination.
  • Ability to read hydraulic schematics.
  • Strong mechanical knowledge.
  • Ability to operate shop equipment safely.
  • Strong communication skills required.

Benefits

  • Health Insurance
  • 401k
  • PTO

Additional Information

  • Working conditions may be indoor and/or outdoor.
  • Noise level may be loud at times.
  • Ability to work overtime and weekends as needed.

Benefits

Health Insurance
401k
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–$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 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.

Motion 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 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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