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Overview

At Perrigo, we are committed to enhancing the wellbeing of our colleagues and consumers by providing trusted health and wellness solutions. The Maintenance Mechanic at Perrigo NY is responsible for maintaining and troubleshooting manufacturing and packaging equipment in compliance with standard operating procedures.

Responsibilities

  • Complete daily Maintenance Tracker and inform Master Mechanic and/or supervisor of walk-throughs.
  • Perform preventive maintenance on all packaging, compounding, and warehouse equipment.
  • Conduct repairs on packaging and compounding equipment as required.
  • Train production personnel in the proper use of equipment.
  • Set up, fine-tune, and troubleshoot equipment using Root Cause Analysis methods.

Requirements

  • Five years of hands-on mechanical experience with packaging equipment from a relevant manufacturing environment.
  • Successful completion of an accredited certification program in mechanical engineering, design, or troubleshooting.
  • Alternatively, three years as a Perrigo Set Up Tech and two years of education in a Mechanical/Industrial/Production/Electromechanical Engineering program.

Additional Information

  • This is a Union position.
  • The starting rate will be $29.00/hr.
  • Ability to work rotational schedules and overtime as required.
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How this job compares in Bronx, NY

Pay in context

At roughly $29/hr, this posting lands within a few percent of the $30/hr median for welding jobs across New York, whose middle half runs $25–$41/hr across 137 postings with published pay. Put another way, it pays more than about 44% of the comparable postings we have wage data for. In other words it is a market-rate offer, so benefits, overtime, and shift schedule are where the real difference between this and the next posting on the list shows up.

The local market in Bronx, NY

Bronx, NY currently has 4 other active welding openings besides this one, spread across 3 employers. 3 of them were added in the last week. Across New York as a whole we're tracking 202 other active welding openings from 135 employers. That's enough local activity to be worth comparing two or three offers before committing. Browse every welding job in Bronx, 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 (17), Randstad USA (6), and GE Aerospace (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 York, the best-paying metros we track by median hourly rate are New York at $53/hr, Queens at $39/hr, and Brooklyn at $33/hr. If you can relocate or commute, that spread is worth factoring in.

Similar openings near Bronx, NY

Pay figures are medians computed from live postings in the Welding Pros index, not from survey data, and they move as employers post. 3rd Shift Maintenance Mechanic figures were last recalculated when this page was built.