Maintenance Tech - Day shift
Location
Swedesboro, NJ
Wage
$24.5/hr
Employment Type
Full-time
Posted on August 25, 2026
Location
Swedesboro, NJ
Wage
$24.5/hr
Employment Type
Full-time
Posted on August 25, 2026
GXO is seeking a Maintenance Technician for the day shift to perform diversified duties related to the installation, troubleshooting, repair, and maintenance of production and facility equipment. The company values energetic and innovative individuals who contribute to a great workplace culture.
At roughly $25/hr, this posting comes in about 26% below the $33/hr median for welding jobs across New Jersey, where the middle half runs $27–$40/hr across 153 postings with published pay. Put another way, it pays more than about 14% 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.
Swedesboro, NJ currently has 5 other active welding openings besides this one, spread across 4 employers. None of them were added in the last week, so this is a slower-moving market. Across New Jersey as a whole we're tracking 215 other active welding openings from 134 employers. That's enough local activity to be worth comparing two or three offers before committing. Browse every welding job in Swedesboro, or widen the search to New Jersey.
The most active employers in New Jersey at the moment, by number of open welding reqs, are Rhoads Industries (13), MillenniumSoft Inc (11), and Gpac (9). 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 Newark at $38/hr, Camden at $37/hr, and Cinnaminson at $30/hr. If you can relocate or commute, that spread is worth factoring in.
Pay figures are medians computed from live postings in the Welding Pros index, not from survey data, and they move as employers post. Maintenance Tech - Day shift figures were last recalculated when this page was built.