How to hire a lead technician

How to hire a lead technician, step by step

Here's a step-by-step lead technician hiring guide:

• Step 1: Identify your hiring needs
• Step 2: Create an ideal candidate profile
• Step 3: Make a budget
• Step 4: Write a lead technician job description
• Step 5: Post your job
• Step 6: Interview candidates
• Step 7: Send a job offer and onboard your new lead technician
• Step 8: Go through the hiring process checklist

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1. Identify your hiring needs

   Before you post your lead technician job, you should take the time to determine what type of worker your business needs. While certain jobs definitely require a full-time employee, it's sometimes better to find a lead technician for hire on a part-time basis or as a contractor.

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   Hiring the perfect lead technician also involves considering the ideal background you'd like them to have. Depending on what industry or field they have experience in, they'll bring different skills to the job. It's also important to consider what levels of seniority and education the job requires and what kind of salary such a candidate would likely demand.

   This list presents lead technician salaries for various positions.

   Type of Lead Technician	Description	Hourly rate
   Lead Technician	Computer support specialists provide help and advice to people and organizations using computer software or equipment. Some, called computer network support specialists, support information technology (IT) employees within their organization... Show more	$32-58
   Lead Engineer	A lead engineer's duties vary on their line of work or industry of employment. Typically, their responsibilities will revolve around overseeing the progress of operations and performance of the workforce, ensuring that everything is running smoothly... Show more	$28-57
   Information Technology/Support Technician	An information technology (IT) support technician is a professional who is responsible for providing support and troubleshoots software and hardware problems faced by customers. As for larger organizations that have their own IT department, technicians must work together internally with their IT staff members... Show more	$14-31

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2. Create an ideal candidate profile

   Common skills:

   • Java
   • Architecture
   • Digital Transformation
   • Customer Service
   • Database
   • HTML
   • C++
   • API
   • XML
   • JavaScript
   • Scrum
   • Application Development
   • J2EE
   • Web Application

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   Responsibilities:

   • Manage and support the Cisco base corporate remote access VPN solution.
   • Manage the third party IP provider relationship and implement all the bridges between AXI4 and internal buses.
   • Used JIRA to manage the product backlog, tasks assignments, project burn-down rate and for velocity tracking purposes.
   • Manage product test support of new designs used for testing, write technical documentation in HTML improving department processes and procedures.
   • Manage customer functional areas of desktop support, field service, office services and network support to coordinate timely issue resolution.
   • Configure and manage JGroup multicasting communication for apache tomcat web servers.

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3. Make a budget

   Including a salary range in your lead technician job description is a great way to entice the best and brightest candidates. A lead technician salary can vary based on several factors:

   • Location. For example, lead technicians' average salary in wyoming is 29% less than in california.
   • Seniority. Entry-level lead technicians earn 45% less than senior-level lead technicians.
   • Certifications. A lead technician with a few certifications under their belt will likely demand a higher salary.
   • Company. Working for a prestigious company or an exciting start-up can make a huge difference in a lead technician's salary.

   Average lead technician salary

   $90,615yearly

   $43.56 hourly rate

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   Entry-level lead technician salary

   $67,000 yearly salary

   Updated December 26, 2025

   Average lead technician salary by state

   Rank	State	Avg. salary	Hourly rate
   1	California	$113,329	$54
   2	Washington	$101,266	$49
   3	New York	$97,388	$47
   4	New Jersey	$92,911	$45
   5	Oregon	$92,527	$44
   6	Massachusetts	$89,488	$43
   7	Pennsylvania	$88,306	$42
   8	Connecticut	$88,106	$42
   9	Virginia	$87,383	$42
   10	North Carolina	$83,934	$40
   11	Minnesota	$83,866	$40
   12	Ohio	$83,473	$40
   13	Texas	$83,307	$40
   14	Arizona	$82,829	$40
   15	Wisconsin	$81,845	$39
   16	Illinois	$81,662	$39
   17	Georgia	$80,574	$39
   18	Florida	$80,342	$39
   19	Arkansas	$79,761	$38
   20	Utah	$78,816	$38

   Average lead technician salary by company

   Company

   Rank	Company	Average salary	Hourly rate	Job openings
   1	Meta	$175,578	$84.41	986
   2	McKinsey & Company Inc	$170,902	$82.16	23
   3	Airbnb	$167,263	$80.41
   4	Apple	$164,238	$78.96	342
   5	PayPal	$163,571	$78.64	21
   6	Levi Strauss & Co.	$163,495	$78.60
   7	Waymo	$161,051	$77.43	128
   8	Google	$157,926	$75.93	583
   9	The Walt Disney Company	$157,782	$75.86	299
   10	Safeway	$157,216	$75.58
   11	Bloomberg	$157,161	$75.56	185
   12	The Daily Muse	$156,756	$75.36
   13	eBay	$155,781	$74.89	21
   14	ByteDance	$155,307	$74.67
   15	Rivian	$155,271	$74.65	18
   16	Boston Consulting Group	$155,137	$74.59	12
   17	Complete Genomics	$154,475	$74.27
   18	Square	$154,204	$74.14
   19	DocuSign	$152,156	$73.15	27
   20	Kellwood	$151,739	$72.95

4. Writing a lead technician job description

   A lead technician job description should include a summary of the role, required skills, and a list of responsibilities. It's also good to include a salary range and the first name of the hiring manager. To help get you started, here's an example of a lead technician job description:

   Lead technician job description example

   * Diagnose and repair to specifications - brake and hydraulic, exhaust, primary and/or advanced fuel ignition and electrical, suspension and alignment, air conditioning and computer systems
   * Adequately explain technical diagnoses and needed repairs to non-mechanical individuals
   
   * Stay current with rapidly changing automotive technology through continuous **_paid_** formal training
   
   * Assist and train technicians/mechanics in performing technical activities
   
   * Reading, writing and math skills
   
   * Must have a valid automobile driver's license at all times and be able to drive customer and company vehicles
   
   * Must have a minimum 5 years of automotive repair experience, completion of Vocational-Technical School program in a related field or demonstrated skills via third party certificates/assessment
   
   * A.S.E. certification in at least 5 (five) of A1-A8 (L1 can be one of the five) is required. (New hires with external similar qualifications/certifications will have up to 2 years of employment to comply)
   
   * Maintains Federal, State and Local certification/license where applicable
   
   * Ability to communicate technical information to non-technical people
   
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   *Sign-on bonus for new teammates only
   
   Sign-On Bonus of $3000!* The Lead Technician position requires your experience and technical expertise to diagnose drivability and electrical systems, while using your leadership and mentoring skills in driving a team toward increased customer care and satisfaction.
   
   Bridgestone Retail Operations (BSRO) is part of Bridgestone Americas and employs over 22,000 teammates in North America. BSRO operates more than 2,200 company-owned stores, including Firestone Complete Auto Care, Tires Plus and Wheel Works locations. With locations across North America and more than $3 billion in tire and auto service sales, Bridgestone Retail Operations is the right place to build a career. Whatever role you fill, when you represent the Bridgestone name, you are a valued teammate, and part of our larger mission to Serve Society with Superior Quality. We start by offering each teammate more than just competitive pay. We provide formal training, performance incentives, paid vacation and holidays, competitive healthcare packages for full-time and part-time employees, and a 401k plan to help build towards your future. We believe people can only provide superior service and quality to others when they are allowed to bring their whole self to work and know they are supported. We believe in championing all perspectives, individuals and teams because we understand the importance of seeing the world and our business through many different lenses. We are building a team as diverse as the world we serve. So, show us what you are made of. Show us the smart stuff, the tough stuff, the bold, beautiful and brave stuff. Because who you are is what we need.
   
   Bridgestone is proud to be an Equal Employment Opportunity / Affirmative Action employer. It is our policy to consider for employment all individuals regardless of age, color, national origin, citizenship status, physical or mental disability, race, religion, gender, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity and/or expression, genetic information, veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by federal, state or local law.

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5. Post your job

   There are various strategies that you can use to find the right lead technician for your business:

   • Consider promoting from within or recruiting from your existing workforce.
   • Ask for referrals from friends, family members, and current employees.
   • Attend job fairs at local colleges to find candidates who meet your education requirements.
   • Use social media platforms like LinkedIn, Facebook, and Twitter to reach potential job candidates.

   To find lead technician candidates, you can consider the following options:

   • Post your job opening on Zippia or other job search websites.
   • Use niche websites that focus on engineering and technology jobs, such as dice, engineering.com, stack overflow, it job pro.
   • Post your job on free job posting websites.

6. Interview candidates

   To successfully recruit lead technicians, your first interview needs to engage with candidates to learn about their interest in the role and experience in the field. You can go into more detail about the company, the role, and the responsibilities during follow-up interviews.

   It's also good to ask about candidates' unique skills and talents. You can move on to the technical interview if a candidate is good enough for the next step.

   Sometimes, it's not enough to interview lead technician candidates, so you can ask them to do a test project. If you are not a technical person and don't know what a test project should be, you can use these websites:

   • TestDome
   • CodeSignal
   • Testlify
   • BarRaiser
   • Coderbyte

   The right interview questions can help you assess a candidate's hard skills, behavioral intelligence, and soft skills.

7. Send a job offer and onboard your new lead technician

   Once you've decided on a perfect lead technician candidate, it's time to write an offer letter. In addition to salary, it should include benefits and perks available to the employee. Qualified candidates may be considered for other positions, so make sure your offer is competitive. Candidates may wish to negotiate. Once you've settled on the details, formalize your agreement with a contract.

   It's also good etiquette to follow up with applicants who don't get the job by sending them an email letting them know that the position has been filled.

   To prepare for the new lead technician first day, you should share an onboarding schedule with them that covers their first period on the job. You should also quickly complete any necessary paperwork, such as employee action forms and onboarding documents like I-9, benefits enrollment, and federal and state tax forms. Finally, Human Resources must ensure a new employee file is created for internal record keeping.

8. Go through the hiring process checklist

   • Determine employee type (full-time, part-time, contractor, etc.)
   • Submit a job requisition form to the HR department
   • Define job responsibilities and requirements
   • Establish budget and timeline
   • Determine hiring decision makers for the role
   • Write job description
   • Post job on job boards, company website, etc.
   • Promote the job internally
   • Process applications through applicant tracking system
   • Review resumes and cover letters
   • Shortlist candidates for screening
   • Hold phone/virtual interview screening with first round of candidates
   • Conduct in-person interviews with top candidates from first round
   • Score candidates based on weighted criteria (e.g., experience, education, background, cultural fit, skill set, etc.)
   • Conduct background checks on top candidates
   • Check references of top candidates
   • Consult with HR and hiring decision makers on job offer specifics
   • Extend offer to top candidate(s)
   • Receive formal job offer acceptance and signed employment contract
   • Inform other candidates that the position has been filled
   • Set and communicate onboarding schedule to new hire(s)
   • Complete new hire paperwork (i9, benefits enrollment, tax forms, etc.)

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