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Overview

The Service Technician repairs, services, and builds hydraulic, fluid power, electrical, and mechanical systems under general supervision. This role may also involve 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.
  • Diagnoses system components and recommends a solution to the customer.
  • 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.
  • Assembles new and repaired equipment.
  • 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.
  • Performs other duties as assigned.

Requirements

  • Typically requires a high school diploma or GED.
  • Three (3) to five (5) years of shop experience or an equivalent combination.
  • Ability to read hydraulic schematics.
  • Strong communication skills required.
  • Basic mechanical knowledge.
  • Ability to operate shop equipment safely.
  • Ability to work independently or in a team environment with minimal supervision.

Benefits

  • Health Insurance
  • 401k
  • PTO

Additional Information

  • Ability to push/pull up to 100 pounds.
  • Ability to lift/carry up to 100 pounds.
  • Ability to work overtime and weekends.
  • Working conditions may be indoor and/or outdoor with loud noise levels at times.

Benefits

Health Insurance
401k
PTO
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How this job compares in Anaheim, CA

Pay in context

At roughly $28/hr, this posting comes in about 18% below the $34/hr median for welding jobs across California, where the middle half runs $27–$43/hr across 498 postings with published pay. Put another way, it pays more than about 29% of the comparable postings we have wage data for. That gap is worth raising directly — in a market this size there is normally room to negotiate toward the median, particularly if you already hold the certifications the posting asks for.

The local market in Anaheim, CA

We're tracking 11 other active welding openings in Anaheim, CA right now, from 8 different employers. 5 of them were added in the last week. Across California as a whole we're tracking 650 other active welding openings from 315 employers. A metro this active generally means you have real leverage — employers here are competing for the same welders. Browse every welding job in Anaheim, or widen the search to California.

Motion currently has 1 other opening live in California, which is usually a sign of either steady growth or steady turnover — worth asking which in the interview.

The most active employers in California at the moment, by number of open welding reqs, are SpaceX (34), Honeywell Aerospace (16), and Aerotek (13). Volume like that usually means either a genuine expansion or a staffing agency working several client sites — worth knowing which before you apply.

Within California, the best-paying metros we track by median hourly rate are Santa Ana at $53/hr, Redondo Beach at $51/hr, and Long Beach at $42/hr. If you can relocate or commute, that spread is worth factoring in.

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