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Job Description

Overview

As a GardenCore Maintenance Mechanic in Elmer, NJ, you will be responsible for the preventive maintenance, repair, and installation of manufacturing equipment, while also providing maintenance support for various facilities on company property. The role requires working safely in a fast-paced manufacturing environment.

Responsibilities

  • Install, troubleshoot, adjust, and repair equipment, electrical components and special purpose machines as assigned.
  • Diagnose mechanical and electrical problems and determine how to correct them, checking blueprints, repair manuals, or parts catalogs as necessary.
  • Operate a variety of hand and power tools to repair, grease, weld, cut, change parts and complete tasks as assigned.
  • Inspect drives, motors, and belts, check fluid levels, replace filters, or perform other maintenance actions, following checklists.
  • Perform routine preventive maintenance to ensure that machines continue to run smoothly.
  • Dismantle equipment to gain access to and remove defective parts using hoists, cranes, hand tools, and power tools.
  • Ability to think independently while successfully functioning in a team environment, with a proven track record of contributing toward team goals.
  • Other duties as assigned.

Requirements

  • At least 3 years of maintenance/electrician experience with at least two years working in a manufacturing environment.
  • Experience with PLCs and ability to read schematics.
  • High school diploma or GED, or equivalent combination of education, training, and experience.
  • Working knowledge of basic safety programs, particularly lock-out/tag-out procedures, as well as principles of hydraulics, pneumatics, electrical and mechanics.
  • The employee is regularly required to speak or hear.
  • The employee will be required to stand for extended periods of time.
  • The employee is regularly required to lift and move up to 50lbs, occasionally up to 65lbs.
  • The employee must have the capability to perform physical activities that require considerable use of arms, legs, and whole body.

Benefits

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

Benefits

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

Pay in context

At roughly $29/hr, this posting comes in about 19% below the $36/hr median for welding jobs across New Jersey, where the middle half runs $29–$40/hr across 78 postings with published pay. Put another way, it pays more than about 31% 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 Elmer, NJ

This is the only active welding job we're currently tracking in Elmer, NJ, which makes it worth moving on quickly — there is no local competing offer to weigh it against. Across New Jersey as a whole we're tracking 118 other active welding openings from 72 employers. Browse welding jobs across New Jersey.

The most active employers in New Jersey at the moment, by number of open welding reqs, are Rhoads Industries (13), Gpac (9), 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 and Somerdale at $27/hr. If you can relocate or commute, that spread is worth factoring in.

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