Job Description

Overview

As a Service Technician II, you will perform advanced technical tasks related to truck bodies, trailers, and upfit equipment, focusing on diagnosing, troubleshooting, repairing, and maintaining mechanical, electrical, and hydraulic systems while ensuring quality and safety standards.

Responsibilities

  • Complete non-standard upfit jobs and service repair work requiring problem solving and troubleshooting.
  • Perform chassis prep, body mount, repair, 12v electrical, liftgate install, and quality inspection activities.
  • Follow Wabash Nationals WPO guidelines and attain necessary certifications.
  • Work in a team environment.
  • Read work orders and check VINs to ensure correct components and vehicles.
  • Install liftgates of all makes and models.
  • Perform other duties assigned by management.

Requirements

  • Strong problem-solving and critical-thinking skills.
  • Ability to read and interpret work instructions, drawings, and technical documents.
  • Dependable, self-motivated, and adaptable to changing priorities.
  • Customer-focused mindset with a commitment to delivering high-quality results.

Benefits

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

Benefits

PTO
Health Insurance
Dental
Vision
401k

How this job compares in Gary, IN

Pay in context

This employer didn't publish a rate. For reference, welding jobs across Indiana currently run a median of $27/hr in our index, with the middle half of them falling between $25–$29/hr across 18 postings with published pay. That median is a reasonable floor to anchor on when a recruiter asks what you're looking for.

The local market in Gary, IN

Gary, IN currently has 5 other active welding openings besides this one, spread across 4 employers. 3 of them were added in the last week. Across Indiana as a whole we're tracking 64 other active welding openings from 50 employers. That's enough local activity to be worth comparing two or three offers before committing. Browse every welding job in Gary, or widen the search to Indiana.

Wabash currently has 2 other openings live in Indiana, which is usually a sign of either steady growth or steady turnover — worth asking which in the interview.

The most active employers in Indiana at the moment, by number of open welding reqs, are Core & Main (3), Contract Industrial Tooling (C-I-T) (3), and TEAM, Inc. (2). Volume like that usually means either a genuine expansion or a staffing agency working several client sites — worth knowing which before you apply.

Similar openings near Gary, IN

Pay figures are medians computed from live postings in the Welding Pros index, not from survey data, and they move as employers post. Upfit Technician 2 figures were last recalculated when this page was built.