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Overview

Empire technicians are essential to our clients, working on machinery produced by Caterpillar. We are seeking experienced shop and field technicians/mechanics to join our family-owned organization with numerous job openings across Arizona, Nevada, and parts of Eastern California.

Responsibilities

  • Own and maintain required personal tools.
  • Learn and use Empire, Caterpillar and allied product procedures and systems.
  • Maintain current MSHA card if work area requires.
  • Provide on-the-job training to technicians and helpers as assigned.
  • Communicate with proper individuals to clarify instructions or discuss scope or progress of job.
  • Work within and promote corporate values.
  • Repair and/or rebuild structurally failed or worn parts requiring welding process reconstruction.
  • Fabricate and/or repair metal parts.
  • Comprehend and interpret sketches and diagrams.
  • Operate welding equipment.
  • Prepare service reports.
  • Plan and control cost of repair jobs.
  • Maintain company equipment in good clean orderly condition.
  • Work safely at all times and adhere to all applicable safety policies.
  • Perform complex and innovative welding procedures.
  • Maintain appropriate conduct and grooming as per company policy.
  • Work cooperatively and communicate effectively.
  • Read and correctly interpret diagrams and blueprints.

Requirements

  • At least six months of related experience in a similar role and environment.
  • Ability to speak, read, write, and comprehend English.
  • Valid driver’s license.
  • Current AWS D1.1 and D14.3 certification.
  • At least five years heavy equipment welding experience, preferably in a dealership environment.
  • Holds 3G, 4G, and 1.1 AWS Certification.
  • Line boring and cut table experience.
  • Fabrication experience.

Additional Information

  • 1st/Day Shift.
  • In-Shop location.
  • Work schedule to be provided by leader.
  • Salary Range $24.36 - $45.32 Per Hour.

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How this job compares in Reno, NV

Pay in context

At roughly $35/hr, this posting sits about 39% above the $25/hr median for welding jobs across Nevada — toward the top of a $22–$28/hr middle band drawn from 8 postings with published pay. Put another way, it pays more than about 88% of the comparable postings we have wage data for. Pay that far above local median usually comes attached to something: a harder cert requirement, travel, night shift, or overtime that isn't really optional. Worth establishing which before you accept.

The local market in Reno, NV

Reno, NV currently has 4 other active welding openings besides this one, spread across 4 employers. 1 of them was added in the last week. Across Nevada as a whole we're tracking 33 other active welding openings from 26 employers. That's enough local activity to be worth comparing two or three offers before committing. Browse every welding job in Reno, or widen the search to Nevada.

The most active employers in Nevada at the moment, by number of open welding reqs, are Welding Shop in Las Vegas, NV (7) and FAAC Incorporated (2). Volume like that usually means either a genuine expansion or a staffing agency working several client sites — worth knowing which before you apply.

Certifications this posting mentions

  • AWS D1.1 — the American Welding Society's Structural Welding Code for steel. It governs almost all building and structural steel work in the US, so a D1.1 qualification is the baseline credential for construction and ironworking.
  • 3G / 4G — plate position tests — 3G is welded vertically, 4G overhead. Together they demonstrate you can hold a puddle against gravity, and they are the common entry qualifications for structural and production shops.

Read straight from this posting's text. Confirm the exact qualification the employer wants before you test — requirements vary by shop even under the same code.

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