Equipment Maintenance Technician (Carlstadt, NJ)
Location
Carlstadt, NJ
Wage
$23.5/hr
Employment Type
Full-time
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Posted on November 10, 2026
Job Description
Overview
Founded in 1990, LGH is a leader in the hoisting and rigging equipment rental industry, providing equipment for various installations and repairs. The Equipment Maintenance Technician will play a vital role in maintaining rental equipment to ensure its availability for safe use.
Responsibilities
- Prepare rental equipment orders and conduct inspections for quality compliance.
- Disassemble, troubleshoot, repair, reassemble, and test various types of equipment.
- Perform routine preventative maintenance on rental equipment.
- Operate forklift to load and unload delivery vehicles and transport equipment.
- Drive company vehicles to transport rental orders safely and timely.
Requirements
- High School Diploma or equivalent required.
- Mechanical background or aptitude strongly preferred.
- Hand and power tool experience desired.
- Experience with rigging equipment beneficial but not required.
- Valid Driver's License with a good driving record required.
- DOT certification required upon employment.
Benefits
- PTO
- Health Insurance
- Dental
- Vision
- 401k
Additional Information
- Full-time position with hours Monday – Friday (8:00 a.m. – 4:30 p.m.)
- Occasional overtime may be required.
- Location: Carlstadt, NJ
Benefits
PTO
Health Insurance
Dental
Vision
401k
How this job compares in Carlstadt, NJ
Pay in context
At roughly $24/hr, this posting comes in about 29% below the $33/hr median for welding jobs across New Jersey, where the middle half runs $28–$38/hr across 106 postings with published pay. Put another way, it pays more than about 8% 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 Carlstadt, NJ
Carlstadt, NJ is a small market in our index: 1 other active welding opening alongside this one, from 1 employer. Across New Jersey as a whole we're tracking 183 other active welding openings from 127 employers. With this few local postings, most welders here end up either commuting or looking at travel work. Browse welding jobs across New Jersey.
The most active employers in New Jersey at the moment, by number of open welding reqs, are Valcor Engineering Corporation (7), Lockheed Martin (7), and DC Fabricators (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 Moorestown at $42/hr, Newark at $33/hr, and Cherry Hill at $31/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. Equipment Maintenance Technician (Carlstadt, NJ) figures were last recalculated when this page was built.