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Job Description

Overview

The Field Service Technician role involves troubleshooting, diagnosing, and repairing various makes of lift trucks, including Crown. The technician will also perform planned maintenance, maintain a service van, and process job paperwork.

Responsibilities

  • Troubleshoot, diagnose and repair Crown and all other makes of lift trucks.
  • Perform all assigned planned maintenance on customer lift trucks.
  • Maintain a service van and its inventory.
  • Process paperwork after completion of each job.

Requirements

  • Less than 2 years related experience.
  • High school diploma or equivalent.
  • Valid driver's license with a good driving record and ability to safely operate lift trucks.
  • Good mechanical and electrical aptitudes.
  • Knowledge of electrical/electronic systems, hydraulics, and internal combustion engines.
  • Ability to read and understand electrical and hydraulic schematics.
  • Good written and verbal communication and customer care skills.
  • Technical degree and previous lift truck repair experience preferred.
  • Welding experience and knowledge of various types of testing equipment preferred.
  • Familiarity with tools and equipment such as common hand tools, electrical/air tools, torch, and arc welder.
  • Ability to read and understand service manuals.

Additional Information

  • Location: Bronx, NY, US, 10451.
  • Competitive wages with an anticipated starting pay range of $27 to $39.
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How this job compares in Bronx, NY

Pay in context

At roughly $33/hr, this posting lands within a few percent of the $32/hr median for welding jobs across New York, whose middle half runs $27–$40/hr across 139 postings with published pay. Put another way, it pays more than about 57% 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 Bronx, NY

Bronx, NY currently has 4 other active welding openings besides this one, spread across 4 employers. 1 of them was added in the last week. Across New York as a whole we're tracking 219 other active welding openings from 146 employers. That's enough local activity to be worth comparing two or three offers before committing. Browse every welding job in Bronx, or widen the search to New York.

Crown Equipment Corporation currently has 1 other opening live in New York, which is usually a sign of either steady growth or steady turnover — worth asking which in the interview.

The most active employers in New York at the moment, by number of open welding reqs, are Welding Shop in New York, NY (17), Randstad USA (6), and Philips (6). 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 York, the best-paying metros we track by median hourly rate are New York at $45/hr, Staten Island at $31/hr, and Brooklyn at $30/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.