Maintenance Technician I
Location
Hammond, IN
Employment Type
Full-time
Posted on August 8, 2026
Location
Hammond, IN
Employment Type
Full-time
Posted on August 8, 2026
The Maintenance Technician I supports FedEx Industrial Maintenance for material handling, focusing on preventative and predictive maintenance and repair of material handling systems, including mechanical power transmission, electrical, PLC/controls, and welding/fabrication.
This employer didn't publish a rate. For reference, welding jobs across Indiana currently run a median of $24/hr in our index, with the middle half of them falling between $21–$29/hr across 68 postings with published pay. That median is a reasonable floor to anchor on when a recruiter asks what you're looking for.
Hammond, IN is a small market in our index: 2 other active welding openings alongside this one, from 1 employer. Across Indiana as a whole we're tracking 130 other active welding openings from 103 employers. With this few local postings, most welders here end up either commuting or looking at travel work. Browse welding jobs across Indiana.
The most active employers in Indiana at the moment, by number of open welding reqs, are Aerotek (9), Forest River (4), and Lozier Corporation (3). Volume like that usually means either a genuine expansion or a staffing agency working several client sites — worth knowing which before you apply.
Within Indiana, the best-paying metros we track by median hourly rate are Indianapolis at $24/hr, Fort Wayne at $24/hr, and Middlebury at $21/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 Technician I figures were last recalculated when this page was built.