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Job Description

Overview

The Incorporated Village of Garden City is seeking an Automotive Mechanic for its Department of Public Works. The position involves skilled repair work on various types of automotive equipment and is available immediately.

Responsibilities

  • Performs skilled repair work on gasoline or diesel-powered automobiles, trucks, tractors, sweepers, fire engines, heavy equipment, and other automotive equipment.
  • Repairs, overhauls or replaces garbage truck compactors, transmissions, valves, clutches, brakes, generators, ignition systems, and other automotive parts and equipment.
  • Inspects, repairs as required and tunes up gasoline and diesel-powered equipment to ensure proper functioning.
  • Conducts auto body repair and painting, including removing dents, rust, filling depressions, and repainting and refinishing all Village vehicles/equipment.
  • Uses acetylene and arc-welding equipment as required.
  • Performs emergency road service.
  • Maintains records and prepares reports on work accomplished.

Requirements

  • Possession of a valid New York State Commercial Driver's License (CDL).

Additional Information

  • Employee may be placed on standby for emergencies, including snow events, and will be required to report to work when called.
  • Interested candidates should apply to the Department of Public Works on or before November 20, 2026.
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How this job compares in New York, NY

Pay in context

At roughly $34/hr, this posting comes in about 16% below the $41/hr median for welding jobs in New York, NY, where the middle half runs $34–$53/hr across 27 postings with published pay. Put another way, it pays more than about 26% of the comparable postings we have wage data for. That gap is worth raising directly — in a market this size there is normally room to negotiate toward the median, particularly if you already hold the certifications the posting asks for.

The local market in New York, NY

We're tracking 39 other active welding openings in New York, NY right now, from 33 different employers. 13 of them were added in the last week. Across New York as a whole we're tracking 152 other active welding openings from 105 employers. A metro this active generally means you have real leverage — employers here are competing for the same welders. Browse every welding job in New York, or widen the search to New York.

The most active employers in New York at the moment, by number of open welding reqs, are Welding Shop in New York, NY (22), GTI Fabrication (3), and Veterans Health Administration (3). 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 York, the best-paying metros we track by median hourly rate are New York at $41/hr, Brooklyn at $33/hr, and Bronx at $30/hr. New York is among them.

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