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Overview

Join our team of leaders in electrical power system maintenance, repair, testing, and training. Shermco Industries is seeking experienced Electric Motor Shop Mechanics to service and repair large motors and generators in our St. Paul shop.

Responsibilities

  • Test, inspect, evaluate, dismantle, repair, and reassemble AC and DC electric motors, generators, and pumps.
  • Disassemble and remove armature, stator or rotor from frame or stators.
  • Examine coil connections for broken or defective wiring.
  • Examine all parts for cracks, wear, rubbing, broken or out of tolerances for specific parameters.
  • Remove bearings from shafts and/or housings.
  • Examine bearings, shafts, and other moving parts for excessive wear of defects.
  • Test coils, armatures, stators, rotors and field coils for continuity, shorts and grounds and insulation resistance.
  • Measure and record machined parts fits.
  • Prepare parts for assembly.
  • Assemble and test rotating machine for specified performance.

Requirements

  • Strong mechanical aptitude.
  • Experience on inspecting, dismantling, and reassembly of large AC and DC industrial motors or wind generators up to 3,000 HP.
  • Experience safely operating overhead cranes.
  • Must be able to safely lift and maneuver up to 75 lbs.
  • Must be and remain Drug-Free; subject to periodic, unannounced random drug tests.
  • Must have and maintain a good criminal background check.
  • Must be willing and able to work regular overtime including nights, weekends, and some holidays.
  • Must be able to fluently read, write and speak English.

Additional Information

  • Typical work hours are 7:00am to 4:00pm Monday through Friday with a 1-hour lunch break.
  • Possible to be on a 2nd shift 3:30pm to 12:30am Monday through Friday with a 1-hour lunch break.
  • Periodic evening, weekend and holiday work will be required, subject to project scope and customer hours.
  • Regular overtime should be expected, with occasional long weeks to meet production demands.
  • Occasional overnight trips away from home to attend industry conferences or visit customers.
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How this job compares in Irving, TX

Pay in context

At roughly $34/hr, this posting sits about 20% above the $28/hr median for welding jobs across Texas — toward the top of a $23–$35/hr middle band drawn from 487 postings with published pay. Put another way, it pays more than about 68% of the comparable postings we have wage data for. Pay that far above local median usually comes attached to something: a harder cert requirement, travel, night shift, or overtime that isn't really optional. Worth establishing which before you accept.

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We're tracking 19 other active welding openings in Irving, TX right now, from 15 different employers. 6 of them were added in the last week. Across Texas as a whole we're tracking 1,424 other active welding openings from 736 employers. A metro this active generally means you have real leverage — employers here are competing for the same welders. Browse every welding job in Irving, or widen the search to Texas.

The most active employers in Texas at the moment, by number of open welding reqs, are Zachry Group (26), Welding Shop in Houston, TX (25), and Austin Industries (23). Volume like that usually means either a genuine expansion or a staffing agency working several client sites — worth knowing which before you apply.

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