Job Description

Overview

The Maintenance Tech II role involves performing preventative maintenance, troubleshooting, and repairs on equipment with a focus on production and quality. The position requires minimal supervision and includes mentoring junior technicians while ensuring all work is documented accurately.

Responsibilities

  • Perform preventive maintenance, routine inspections, and ad-hoc repairs on assigned equipment.
  • Troubleshoot and correct issues with out of service equipment, acting as an escalation point for lower level technicians.
  • Document all work in the computerized maintenance management system (CMMS) and maintain accurate records of operating logs.
  • Mentor maintenance personnel in developing appropriate skillsets and knowledge of equipment.
  • Assist maintenance mechanics in tasks requiring two people or during operational needs.
  • Perform facility/building project work including repairs and installations.
  • Assemble and test equipment to verify correct operation and analyze production delays.
  • Certify on all industrial lift equipment and oversee assigned projects.
  • Inspect and monitor routine maintenance provided by junior engineers.

Requirements

  • High school diploma or equivalent.
  • 5 years of experience with conveyor, automation, or robotics equipment repair and maintenance.
  • Associates Degree in Mechatronics, Electrical Engineering Technology, Mechanical Engineering Technology, HVAC, or equivalent preferred.
  • Graduate of an apprenticeship program or hold current trade certification preferred.
  • Fundamental understanding of machinery/equipment.
  • Basic skill level in multiple computer software packages including Microsoft Excel.
  • Experience with inputs, outputs, and PLC logic systems.
  • Willingness to travel up to 10% of the time for business purposes.
  • Ability to learn new equipment as it is brought on-line.
  • Physical ability to perform essential functions of the position.

Benefits

  • Health Insurance
  • 401k
  • PTO

Additional Information

  • Must be able to stand for a minimum of 8 hours and up to 12 hours for up to 6 days a week.
  • Ability to lift up to 50 lbs frequently and occasionally up to 75 lbs.
  • Willingness to operate material handling equipment.

Benefits

Health Insurance
401k
PTO

How this job compares in Carteret, NJ

Pay in context

At roughly $41/hr, this posting sits about 16% above the $35/hr median for welding jobs across New Jersey — toward the top of a $29–$40/hr middle band drawn from 114 postings with published pay. Put another way, it pays more than about 83% of the comparable postings we have wage data for. Pay that far above local median usually comes attached to something: a harder cert requirement, travel, night shift, or overtime that isn't really optional. Worth establishing which before you accept.

The local market in Carteret, NJ

This is the only active welding job we're currently tracking in Carteret, NJ, which makes it worth moving on quickly — there is no local competing offer to weigh it against. Across New Jersey as a whole we're tracking 184 other active welding openings from 131 employers. Browse welding jobs across New Jersey.

The most active employers in New Jersey at the moment, by number of open welding reqs, are gpac (13), Phillips Tank & Structure (7), and Carvana (5). 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 Northvale at $40/hr, Newark at $38/hr, and South Plainfield at $30/hr. If you can relocate or commute, that spread is worth factoring in.

Similar openings near Carteret, NJ

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