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Overview

At Hackensack Meridian Health, team members are integral to improving patient lives and supporting each other in a collaborative environment. The Maintenance Mechanic role involves repairing and maintaining mechanical equipment and machinery to ensure operational efficiency.

Responsibilities

  • Observe all mechanical equipment in operation.
  • Dismantle inoperative equipment, remove, repair or replace defective parts.
  • Adjust functional parts of equipment and instrumentation.
  • Lubricate and clean mechanical parts.
  • Start mechanical equipment and test their performance.
  • Utilize electrical and mechanical tools, hand tools, ladders, scaffolds, lifts, gauges, meters, etc. to perform required work.
  • Handle all emergencies related to Plant Operations during off shifts.
  • Work any day or shift as needed.
  • Perform other duties of Plant Operations as required.
  • Use machine shop equipment to repair required mechanical parts.
  • Read blueprints or specifications in the performance of mechanic tasks.

Requirements

  • High School diploma, GED, or other Vocational degrees/certificates.
  • 3-5 years in related work experience.
  • Ability to stand, walk, and reach most of the day.
  • Handle light and medium weight tools, objects, and equipment.
  • Frequently move equipment up to 80 lbs.
  • Work on ladders and scaffolds.
  • Adapt to changing conditions including dirt, dust, fumes, grease, water, steam, refrigerants, and various Plant Operational compounds.
  • Willingness to work indoors and outdoors.

Benefits

  • Health Insurance
  • Dental
  • Vision
  • PTO

Benefits

Health Insurance
Dental
Vision
PTO
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How this job compares in Hackensack, NJ

Pay in context

At roughly $31/hr, this posting lands within a few percent of the $33/hr median for welding jobs across New Jersey, whose middle half runs $27–$40/hr across 154 postings with published pay. Put another way, it pays more than about 43% of the comparable postings we have wage data for. In other words it is a market-rate offer, so benefits, overtime, and shift schedule are where the real difference between this and the next posting on the list shows up.

The local market in Hackensack, NJ

This is the only active welding job we're currently tracking in Hackensack, 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 216 other active welding openings from 134 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), 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 Linden at $30/hr. If you can relocate or commute, that spread is worth factoring in.

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