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Overview

We are looking for a temp to perm Repair Technician to support a northern NJ company with far-reaching innovation efforts across equipment for medical/optical imaging. The role involves cleaning, inspecting, calibrating, and repairing refractive products, with extensive training provided.

Responsibilities

  • Clean, inspect, calibrate, and repair refractive products
  • Identify damaged, missing, contaminated, or malfunctioning components
  • Perform functional checks of lenses, knobs, dials, controls, and moving parts
  • Replace approved parts and components
  • Accurately complete quality-control forms and repair documentation
  • Record all repair activities, parts used, test results, equipment status, and other required information in Salesforce CRM
  • Prepare and package completed equipment according to approved procedures
  • Maintain a clean and safe work area
  • Follow all quality, safety, and repair procedures

Requirements

  • High school diploma or equivalent preferred
  • Ability to communicate in either English or Spanish
  • Basic computer and data-entry skills
  • Ability to learn and use Salesforce CRM
  • Ability to sit and work at a repair desk for extended periods
  • Strong attention to detail and manual dexterity
  • Ability to accurately complete quality-control forms
  • Ability to follow instructions and use basic hand tools
  • Ability to report to the Oakland, New Jersey office every scheduled workday
  • Willingness to work overtime and weekends as needed
  • Previous repair or optical-equipment experience is preferred but not required

Additional Information

  • On-site in Oakland, NJ
  • Rate: up to $21/hr with overtime eligibility
  • Standard business hours
  • Completion of a background check required
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How this job compares in Bergen County, NJ

Pay in context

At roughly $21/hr, this posting comes in about 36% below the $33/hr median for welding jobs across New Jersey, where the middle half runs $29–$40/hr across 103 postings with published pay. Put another way, it pays more than about 5% 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 Bergen County, NJ

Bergen County, NJ currently has 3 other active welding openings besides this one, spread across 1 employer. None of them were added in the last week, so this is a slower-moving market. Across New Jersey as a whole we're tracking 168 other active welding openings from 114 employers. That's enough local activity to be worth comparing two or three offers before committing. Browse every welding job in Bergen County, or widen the search to New Jersey.

The most active employers in New Jersey at the moment, by number of open welding reqs, are gpac (13), Carvana (6), and DC Fabricators (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 Jersey, the best-paying metros we track by median hourly rate are Northvale at $40/hr and Delanco at $29/hr. If you can relocate or commute, that spread is worth factoring in.

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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. Repair Technician figures were last recalculated when this page was built.