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Overview

The Rapid Group (TRG) is seeking a skilled Field Technician to troubleshoot, diagnose, disassemble, evaluate, and repair wastewater pumps, booster pumps, and other rotating equipment at customer locations. This hands-on role is essential for ensuring operational reliability for municipal, industrial, and commercial clients.

Responsibilities

  • Perform field testing, inspection, equipment startups, and operating performance evaluations on centrifugal and positive displacement pumps.
  • Replace packing, mechanical seals, bearings, and components in pumps, motors, blowers, generators, and related equipment.
  • Conduct precision alignment of motors and pumps.
  • Troubleshoot, diagnose, disassemble, and repair rotating equipment including pumps, motors, and mechanical systems.
  • Evaluate pump systems to determine cause of failure, equipment condition, and necessary repairs.
  • Assist with removal and reinstallation of pumps and equipment at customer sites.
  • Perform preventative and predictive maintenance on customer equipment.
  • Document detailed information on work orders including pump data, motor data, failure analysis, required parts, and service notes.
  • Follow job site safety standards and maintain a clean, safe working environment.

Requirements

  • Experience troubleshooting and repairing pumps, motors, or rotating equipment preferred.
  • Ability to replace seals, bearings, packing, and mechanical components.
  • Familiarity with preventative maintenance and field service repair processes.
  • Experience using a CRM or service database preferred.
  • Knowledge of OSHA job site safety requirements.
  • Valid driver's license required for field-based work.
  • Mandatory pre-employment drug screening & background check.
  • Strong mechanical aptitude and troubleshooting ability.
  • Ability to work independently at customer sites.
  • Excellent documentation and communication skills.
  • Professional, reliable, and customer-service oriented.

Benefits

  • Health Insurance
  • Dental
  • Vision
  • PTO
  • 401k

Additional Information

  • Full time
  • Onsite, field-based role
  • Typical schedule: Monday - Friday 7:30am - 4:00pm
  • Overtime and on-call shifts may be required based on customer needs
  • Travel to customer sites required
  • Location: Paterson, NJ (Onsite)
  • Subsidiary: Rapid Pump and Meter Service Co

Benefits

Health Insurance
Dental
Vision
PTO
401k
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How this job compares in Paterson, NJ

Pay in context

This employer didn't publish a rate. For reference, welding jobs across New Jersey currently run a median of $35/hr in our index, with the middle half of them falling between $29–$40/hr across 109 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 Paterson, NJ

Paterson, NJ currently has 5 other active welding openings besides this one, spread across 2 employers. 2 of them were added in the last week. Across New Jersey as a whole we're tracking 174 other active welding openings from 112 employers. That's enough local activity to be worth comparing two or three offers before committing. Browse every welding job in Paterson, or widen the search to New Jersey.

The Rapid Group currently has 4 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 gpac (15), Gpac (10), and Carvana (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 Jersey, the best-paying metros we track by median hourly rate are Northvale at $40/hr, Newark at $35/hr, and Totowa at $34/hr. If you can relocate or commute, that spread is worth factoring in.

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