Job Description

Overview

The Service Technician 2 at Big Tex Trailer World is responsible for maintaining the organization and safety of service areas, performing advanced service repairs and fabrication work, and engaging with customers regarding repairs and installations. This position offers competitive pay and a sign-on/retention bonus.

Responsibilities

  • Perform service, repair, and accessory installation on new and used trailers, truck beds, trailer tow vehicles and snowplows.
  • Partner with supervisor to maintain Service Schedule.
  • Examine, test, adjust, and repair bearings, lights, wiring, and brake assemblies of trailers and tow vehicles.
  • Replace and repair worn and defective parts.
  • Lay out drills, screws, rivets, and welds to repair, replace and/or install parts/accessories.
  • Perform multi-point inspections to assess customer service and parts needs.
  • Confer in person and by phone with customers, write and read work orders.
  • List parts needed, estimate costs, and plan work procedures.
  • Sell parts and service.
  • Help customers hook up a trailer.
  • Perform visual safety inspection (lights, safety chain, decking, etc.).
  • Perform warranty service and complete required documentation.
  • Complete service paperwork or computer system entry completely and timely.
  • Maintain service parts log and submit to management as required.
  • Assist in the maintenance of parts inventory for store.
  • Assemble trailers.
  • Park and move trailers.
  • Other duties, as assigned.

Requirements

  • High School Diploma or equivalent (GED).
  • Proven ability to weld (MIG and oxy-acetylene).
  • Valid Driver’s License.
  • Associates Degree, Trade School Diploma preferred.
  • 2-3 years applicable work experience preferred.
  • Must be available to work Monday – Saturday and overtime as needed.

How this job compares in Mesa, AZ

Pay in context

This employer didn't publish a rate. For reference, welding jobs in Mesa, AZ currently run a median of $28/hr in our index, with the middle half of them falling between $24–$33/hr across 20 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 Mesa, AZ

We're tracking 47 other active welding openings in Mesa, AZ right now, from 28 different employers. 6 of them were added in the last week. Across Arizona as a whole we're tracking 467 other active welding openings from 220 employers. A metro this active generally means you have real leverage — employers here are competing for the same welders. Browse every welding job in Mesa, or widen the search to Arizona.

The most active employers in Arizona at the moment, by number of open welding reqs, are Sundt Construction (29), Welding Shop in Phoenix, AZ (19), and EZARC (18). Volume like that usually means either a genuine expansion or a staffing agency working several client sites — worth knowing which before you apply.

Within Arizona, the best-paying metros we track by median hourly rate are Goodyear at $51/hr, Tolleson at $38/hr, and Tempe at $37/hr. If you can relocate or commute, that spread is worth factoring in.

What you'll be running

This posting calls for MIG. MIG (GMAW) feeds a continuous wire electrode through a shielding-gas nozzle. It lays down metal fast and is forgiving on clean material, which is why it dominates production and light fabrication work.

Similar openings near Mesa, AZ

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