Back to Jobs

Job Description

Overview

As a Service Technician, you’ll keep industrial equipment operating safely and reliably by inspecting, diagnosing, repairing, and maintaining mechanical, electrical, and HVAC/R systems in manufacturing environments. This role suits a hands-on problem solver who can move between equipment troubleshooting, preventive maintenance, and service support.

Responsibilities

  • Diagnose equipment issues using schematics, electrical blueprints, and precision measuring instruments.
  • Repair and maintain electrical systems, industrial machinery, HVAC/R equipment, and hydraulic and pneumatic systems.
  • Perform electrical diagnostics and troubleshooting with a voltmeter, ammeter, and ohmmeter.
  • Record inspections, repairs, and maintenance activities in the CMMS.
  • Explain findings and service needs to customers.
  • Use a scissor lift when needed and perform welding, including stick welding, where appropriate.

Requirements

  • Mechanical knowledge.
  • Equipment repair experience.
  • Industrial maintenance experience.
  • Electrical maintenance and troubleshooting skills.
  • Ability to read schematics and electrical blueprints.
  • Strong analysis skills.
  • Clear English communication and customer service skills.
  • Preferred: Manufacturing facility, industrial mechanic, or industrial electrician experience.
  • Preferred: HVAC/R experience.
  • Preferred: Technical sales experience.
  • Familiarity with programmable logic controllers (PLCs), electrical systems, hydraulics, pneumatic troubleshooting, precision measuring instruments, welding, and scissor lifts.

Benefits

  • Retirement plan

Additional Information

  • Work Location: In person
  • Expected hours: 35.0 – 60.0 per week

Benefits

Retirement plan
Apply for This Position

How this job compares in Union, MO

Pay in context

At roughly $35/hr, this posting sits about 35% above the $26/hr median for welding jobs across Missouri — toward the top of a $23–$30/hr middle band drawn from 50 postings with published pay. Put another way, it pays more than about 82% 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 Union, MO

This is the only active welding job we're currently tracking in Union, MO, which makes it worth moving on quickly — there is no local competing offer to weigh it against. Across Missouri as a whole we're tracking 88 other active welding openings from 63 employers. Browse welding jobs across Missouri.

The most active employers in Missouri at the moment, by number of open welding reqs, are Leonardo DRS (5), Veterans Health Administration (4), and QPS Employment Group (4). Volume like that usually means either a genuine expansion or a staffing agency working several client sites — worth knowing which before you apply.

What you'll be running

This posting calls for Stick. Stick (SMAW) burns a flux-coated consumable rod and needs no shielding gas, so it works in wind, rain, and on dirty or rusted steel. That tolerance for bad conditions keeps it the default for field, structural, and repair work.

Similar openings near Union, MO

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