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Job Description

Overview

Great Western Trailer (GWT) is hiring skilled and motivated Trailer Technicians for their Phoenix, AZ facility. The company values dedication and offers opportunities for career advancement in semi-trailer maintenance and repair.

Responsibilities

  • Inspect and repair semi-trailers, including brakes, wiring, bodywork, lift gates, and more.
  • Install and replace add-on components such as toolboxes, winches, and ramp kits.
  • Perform fabrication and welding as needed.
  • Complete service reports and ensure all work meets quality and safety standards.

Requirements

  • Reliable transportation to and from work.
  • Own a personal set of hand tools (except in California).
  • Strong mechanical aptitude and experience with semi-trailer equipment and maintenance.
  • Ability to operate hand tools, power tools, and pneumatic tools safely and efficiently.
  • Willingness to work overtime when needed.

Benefits

  • Weekly Paychecks
  • Health Insurance
  • Dental
  • Vision
  • PTO
  • 401K

Additional Information

  • Weekday Schedule – Monday-Friday, 8:00 AM – 4:30 PM (No weekends!).
  • Work may be performed in a shop, yard, or mobile service environment.

Benefits

Weekly Paychecks
Health Insurance
Dental
Vision
PTO
401K
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How this job compares in Phoenix, AZ

Pay in context

This employer didn't publish a rate. For reference, welding jobs in Phoenix, AZ currently run a median of $30/hr in our index, with the middle half of them falling between $24–$38/hr across 90 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 Phoenix, AZ

We're tracking 211 other active welding openings in Phoenix, AZ right now, from 137 different employers. 64 of them were added in the last week. Across Arizona as a whole we're tracking 500 other active welding openings from 273 employers. A metro this active generally means you have real leverage — employers here are competing for the same welders. Browse every welding job in Phoenix, or widen the search to Arizona.

The most active employers in Arizona at the moment, by number of open welding reqs, are Sundt Construction (20), EZARC (19), and Welding Shop in Phoenix, AZ (15). Volume like that usually means either a genuine expansion or a staffing agency working several client sites — worth knowing which before you apply.

Within Arizona, the best-paying metros we track by median hourly rate are El Mirage at $38/hr, Mesa at $33/hr, and Phoenix at $30/hr. Phoenix is among them.

Similar openings near Phoenix, AZ

Pay figures are medians computed from live postings in the Welding Pros index, not from survey data, and they move as employers post. Trailer Technician figures were last recalculated when this page was built.