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Overview

PIRTEK Brooklyn is seeking a Hose Assembly Technician to provide hands-on service for hydraulic and industrial hoses across Brooklyn and the greater NYC area. This role involves real problem-solving and responsibility in a fast-paced environment where equipment downtime is critical.

Responsibilities

  • Drive a fully outfitted PIRTEK mobile service van across Brooklyn and the greater NYC area.
  • Respond to on-site breakdowns, routinely on an emergency basis.
  • Diagnose, replace, and install hydraulic and industrial hoses.
  • Work on marine equipment, tugboats, shipyards, construction equipment, and industrial machinery.
  • Be part of the on-call rotation, including nights and weekends.
  • Communicate clearly with customers about issues and solutions.
  • Keep your truck, tools, and paperwork organized.

Requirements

  • Enjoy working with your hands and solving problems.
  • Ability to stay calm under pressure.
  • Strong communication skills.
  • Respect for processes that ensure safety and success.
  • Mechanically inclined with experience in cars, boats, heavy equipment, or machines preferred but not required.
  • Willingness to work in dirty, greasy, and tight spaces.
  • Valid driver's license and ability to pass a background and drug check.

Benefits

  • Health Insurance
  • Vision
  • PTO

Additional Information

  • 4–6 weeks of structured training provided.
  • Opportunity for advancement into Lead Tech roles within 12–24 months.

Benefits

Health Insurance
Vision
PTO
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How this job compares in Brooklyn, NY

Pay in context

At roughly $30/hr, this posting lands within a few percent of the $30/hr median for welding jobs in Brooklyn, NY, whose middle half runs $28–$34/hr across 12 postings with published pay. Put another way, it pays more than about 33% 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 Brooklyn, NY

We're tracking 31 other active welding openings in Brooklyn, NY right now, from 22 different employers. 4 of them were added in the last week. Across New York as a whole we're tracking 175 other active welding openings from 115 employers. A metro this active generally means you have real leverage — employers here are competing for the same welders. Browse every welding job in Brooklyn, or widen the search to New York.

Pirtek Fluid Systems Pty Ltd 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 (16), Philips (6), and GE Aerospace (5). 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, Brooklyn at $30/hr, and Latham at $24/hr. Brooklyn is among them.

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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. Hose Assembly Technician Paid Training & Company Vehicle figures were last recalculated when this page was built.