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Overview

We are looking for a Maintenance Repair Tech to join our Grand Prairie, TX shot peening facility. This role involves working closely with the Maintenance Engineer to ensure machines are running at optimal performance, making it ideal for individuals with maintenance and fabrication experience who wish to expand their knowledge in preventative maintenance.

Responsibilities

  • Read blueprints and schematic drawings to determine work procedures.
  • Work within precise limits or standards of accuracy.
  • Follow instructions and read blueprints.
  • Safely work at heights.
  • Use logical step-by-step procedures in work.
  • Plan work and solve problems.
  • Make decisions based on measurable information.
  • Perform a variety of duties which may change often; and operate machinery.
  • Repair pumps, large conveying augers, dust collectors, blast rooms.
  • Assemble machinery and fasten them to foundations or other structures using hand tools and power tools.
  • May operate engine lathe or milling machine to grind, file, and turn machine parts to dimensional specifications.

Requirements

  • Experience constructing and/or repairing industrial machines.
  • Experience aligning machines and equipment using hoists, jacks, hand tools, squares, rules, micrometers, lasers, and plumb bobs.
  • Experience repairing and lubricating machinery and equipment.
  • Basic electrical knowledge and machine troubleshooting skills.
  • 2+ years of maintenance experience.

Benefits

  • PTO
  • 401k

Additional Information

  • Location: Grand Prairie, TX
  • Shift: Monday-Friday
  • Hourly Rate: $25-$31/hour

Benefits

PTO
401k
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How this job compares in Grand Prairie, TX

Pay in context

At roughly $28/hr, this posting comes in about 10% below the $31/hr median for welding jobs in Grand Prairie, TX, where the middle half runs $28–$34/hr across 12 postings with published pay. Put another way, it pays more than about 25% 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.

The local market in Grand Prairie, TX

We're tracking 38 other active welding openings in Grand Prairie, TX right now, from 17 different employers. 4 of them were added in the last week. Across Texas as a whole we're tracking 1,196 other active welding openings from 554 employers. A metro this active generally means you have real leverage — employers here are competing for the same welders. Browse every welding job in Grand Prairie, or widen the search to Texas.

The most active employers in Texas at the moment, by number of open welding reqs, are Austin Industries (33), Zachry Group (22), and Welding Shop in Austin, TX (22). Volume like that usually means either a genuine expansion or a staffing agency working several client sites — worth knowing which before you apply.

Within Texas, the best-paying metros we track by median hourly rate are Arlington at $40/hr, Dallas at $38/hr, and Pasadena at $36/hr. If you can relocate or commute, that spread is worth factoring in.

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