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Overview

The Facilities Mechanic performs maintenance and repair of the facility's structure, equipment, and grounds with a focus on commercial carpentry. The role involves working alongside skilled tradespersons in a supportive function for approximately 800 employees across two locations in New Jersey.

Responsibilities

  • Installs and maintains a wide variety of pumps, blowers, motors, and other mechanical equipment such as HVAC systems.
  • Assembles and repairs mechanical, electrical, and plumbing (MEP) systems.
  • Performs a wide variety of carpentry, plumbing, and light electrical work.
  • Executes routine preventive maintenance to ensure that building systems continue to run effectively and efficiently.
  • Works from written and verbal instructions.
  • Follows all applicable safety rules and procedures.
  • Works from blueprints, equipment drawings, and schematics.
  • Plans complex jobs, selects materials and equipment for proper completion.
  • Utilizes computerized preventive maintenance schedule.
  • Records and logs work performed.
  • Repairs or replaces defective equipment parts using hand tools and power tools.
  • May be required to clean and service equipment that may contain hazardous substances.
  • Operates forklift to move materials and equipment.
  • May participate on special teams, including snow removal and emergency response.
  • Performs other duties and responsibilities as required.

Requirements

  • High School or Trade School diploma or its equivalent.
  • At least three (3) years of general maintenance experience.
  • Ability to walk, bend, stoop, balance, crawl, and reach for extended periods of time.
  • Lift 35+ pounds.
  • Must be comfortable with and capable of occasionally working at heights.
  • Work independently without direct supervision.
  • Knowledge of Maximo or other CMMS software and MS Office suites is preferred.
  • Ability to acquire a government clearance is preferred.
  • Strong background in commercial carpentry with working knowledge of various systems.

Benefits

  • Health Insurance
  • Dental
  • Vision
  • 401k
  • PTO

Additional Information

  • The position will be posted for at least 5 calendar days.
  • The selected individual will report to the Supervisor of Facilities.

Benefits

Health Insurance
Dental
Vision
401k
PTO
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How this job compares in Wayne, NJ

Pay in context

At roughly $39/hr, this posting sits about 15% above the $34/hr median for welding jobs across New Jersey — toward the top of a $29–$40/hr middle band drawn from 154 postings with published pay. Put another way, it pays more than about 68% 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 Wayne, NJ

Wayne, NJ currently has 5 other active welding openings besides this one, spread across 3 employers. 3 of them were added in the last week. Across New Jersey as a whole we're tracking 214 other active welding openings from 139 employers. That's enough local activity to be worth comparing two or three offers before committing. Browse every welding job in Wayne, or widen the search to New Jersey.

BAE Systems, Inc. currently has 3 other openings live in New Jersey, which is usually a sign of either steady growth or steady turnover — worth asking which in the interview.

The most active employers in New Jersey at the moment, by number of open welding reqs, are Rhoads Industries (13), Gpac (10), and Department of the Navy - Agency Wide (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 New Jersey, the best-paying metros we track by median hourly rate are Camden at $41/hr, Northvale at $40/hr, and Newark at $35/hr. If you can relocate or commute, that spread is worth factoring in.

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