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Overview

The Stationary Equipment Technician is responsible for performing repairs and maintenance on recycling equipment, compact heavy equipment, and light trucks to ensure safe and productive operations. Republic Services, Inc. is a leader in the environmental services industry, providing a comprehensive range of waste management solutions.

Responsibilities

  • Diagnoses mechanical problems using charts, diagnostic software, technical manuals and expertise.
  • Performs repairs and maintenance on recycling equipment, compact heavy equipment and light trucks.
  • Repairs or replaces parts such as pistons, rods, gears, valves, and bearings using mechanic's hand tools.
  • Replaces conveyor belts, electrical motors, hydraulic cylinders and other mechanical parts.
  • Reads and interprets vehicle condition reports and repair orders, communicating with supervisors and equipment operators.
  • Completes paperwork associated with repairing vehicles, documenting parts usage, and accounting for applied times.
  • Completes daily consumables report to record hours, fuel and oil usage.
  • May repair and install plumbing, electrical and HVAC systems.
  • Follows all safety policies and procedures.
  • Performs repairs and preventative maintenance on rolling stock.

Requirements

  • Minimum of 1 year of related equipment maintenance and repair or trade school certification.
  • PLC troubleshooting and problem solving ability.
  • Prior experience in a manufacturing environment.
  • Prior experience working with conveyors.
  • Valid driver’s license.
  • Mechanical or trade school certificate.

Benefits

  • Health Insurance
  • Dental
  • Vision
  • PTO
  • 401k

Benefits

Health Insurance
Dental
Vision
PTO
401k
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How this job compares in Camden, NJ

Pay in context

At roughly $33/hr, this posting lands within a few percent of the $34/hr median for welding jobs across New Jersey, whose middle half runs $29–$40/hr across 106 postings with published pay. Put another way, it pays more than about 48% 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 Camden, NJ

Camden, NJ currently has 5 other active welding openings besides this one, spread across 4 employers. 2 of them were added in the last week. Across New Jersey as a whole we're tracking 166 other active welding openings from 122 employers. That's enough local activity to be worth comparing two or three offers before committing. Browse every welding job in Camden, or widen the search to New Jersey.

The most active employers in New Jersey at the moment, by number of open welding reqs, are Darling Ingredients (5), Carvana (4), and Lockheed Martin (4). 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 Newark at $35/hr and Lyndhurst at $30/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. Stationary Equipment Technician figures were last recalculated when this page was built.