Maintenance Technician
Location
Phoenix, AZ
Posted on August 4, 2026
Location
Phoenix, AZ
Posted on August 4, 2026
Maintenance technicians are responsible for conducting general maintenance and repairs on facility equipment and property structures. Maintenance technicians ensure that equipment is at optimum functionality, using various skill(s) & expertise to diagnose problems with the ultimate goal of optimizing 'run' time and preventing 'down' time.
Dairy & non-dairy fluid fillers, processors & packaging equipment Support equipment may included: air compressors, boilers, refrigeration & cooling towers Proficient in pumps, motors & gearboxes preferred (may also be trained on site) Electrical troubleshooting
Preferred Skills PLC troubleshooting MIG welding Copper plumbing Pipe threading Water treatment HVAC
This employer didn't publish a rate. For reference, welding jobs in Phoenix, AZ currently run a median of $30/hr in our index, with the middle half of them falling between $24–$35/hr across 38 postings with published pay. That median is a reasonable floor to anchor on when a recruiter asks what you're looking for.
We're tracking 127 other active welding openings in Phoenix, AZ right now, from 90 different employers. 14 of them were added in the last week. Across Arizona as a whole we're tracking 285 other active welding openings from 174 employers. A metro this active generally means you have real leverage — employers here are competing for the same welders. Browse every welding job in Phoenix, or widen the search to Arizona.
The most active employers in Arizona at the moment, by number of open welding reqs, are Welding Shop in Phoenix, AZ (9), Sundt Construction (8), and Comfort Systems USA Southwest (7). Volume like that usually means either a genuine expansion or a staffing agency working several client sites — worth knowing which before you apply.
Within Arizona, the best-paying metros we track by median hourly rate are Mesa at $38/hr, El Mirage at $38/hr, and Phoenix at $30/hr. Phoenix is among them.
This posting calls for MIG. MIG (GMAW) feeds a continuous wire electrode through a shielding-gas nozzle. It lays down metal fast and is forgiving on clean material, which is why it dominates production and light fabrication work.
Pay figures are medians computed from live postings in the Welding Pros index, not from survey data, and they move as employers post. Maintenance Technician figures were last recalculated when this page was built.