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Job Description

Overview

Saia is a logistics and transportation company committed to its people, customers, and community. The Trailer Mechanic position involves maintaining, diagnosing, and repairing trailers used for transporting goods.

Responsibilities

  • Services, inspects, and repairs tractor-trailers.
  • Diagnoses failures and makes repairs on mechanical, electrical, and various systems on a trailer.
  • Uses hydraulic jacks and hoists to gain access to the underside of trailers.
  • Conducts full inspections of trailers to identify any issues.
  • Tests trailers after repairs to ensure they are operating without issues.
  • Maintains a detailed record of all service and maintenance activities.
  • Repairs defective parts such as brakes, tires, axles, wiring, and hydraulic systems.

Requirements

  • Must be at least 18 years of age.
  • High school diploma or GED.
  • Authorized to work in the United States.
  • Must provide and maintain personal maintenance tools.
  • Read, write, communicate and comprehend the English language.
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How this job compares in Pennsauken, NJ

Pay in context

At roughly $36/hr, this posting lands within a few percent of the $33/hr median for welding jobs across New Jersey, whose middle half runs $27–$40/hr across 101 postings with published pay. Put another way, it pays more than about 60% 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 Pennsauken, NJ

Pennsauken, NJ is a small market in our index: 2 other active welding openings alongside this one, from 2 employers. Across New Jersey as a whole we're tracking 174 other active welding openings from 129 employers. With this few local postings, most welders here end up either commuting or looking at travel work. Browse welding jobs across New Jersey.

The most active employers in New Jersey at the moment, by number of open welding reqs, are gpac (8), Valcor Engineering Corporation (6), and Xylem (3). 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 South Plainfield at $38/hr and Cherry Hill at $31/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. Trailer Mechanic figures were last recalculated when this page was built.