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Overview

The Service Technician position involves performing maintenance on water treatment equipment to support Service Center uptime. This role is available for both day and night shifts in Atlanta, GA, and requires a high school diploma or GED along with relevant experience.

Responsibilities

  • Perform scheduled and corrective maintenance on water treatment equipment.
  • Prepare, test, and mobilize equipment during peak demand periods.
  • Conduct hands-on training for technician and operator-level personnel on equipment operation, maintenance, and safety.
  • Maintain accurate inventory of spare parts and consumables, managing replenishment orders.
  • Document Service Center activities, equipment condition reports, and training records in accordance with SOPs.
  • Operate, monitor, and optimize water treatment systems at customer facilities.
  • Troubleshoot and perform preventive and corrective maintenance on industrial equipment.
  • Conduct detailed analytical testing on various water quality parameters.
  • Communicate system status to customer management and provide technical summaries of work performed.
  • Respond to emergency service requests and participate in the on-call rotation.

Requirements

  • High School Diploma or GED with 5+ years of service, maintenance, or operations experience in an industrial environment; OR an Associate’s/Bachelor’s degree in a related discipline with 2+ years of relevant experience.
  • Valid driver’s license and reliable transportation.
  • Ability to obtain and maintain access credentials for customer sites.
  • Willingness to perform physical duties including lifting, climbing, and confined space entry.
  • Experience with PLC control systems, programming, and troubleshooting (preferred).
  • Previous experience in water treatment operations or industrial services (preferred).
  • Experience mentoring or training technician-level personnel (preferred).

Benefits

  • Health Insurance
  • Dental
  • Vision
  • PTO

Additional Information

  • Contract position for 6 months+
  • Travel required - 20%

Benefits

Health Insurance
Dental
Vision
PTO
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How this job compares in Atlanta, GA

Pay in context

This employer didn't publish a rate. For reference, welding jobs in Atlanta, GA currently run a median of $30/hr in our index, with the middle half of them falling between $28–$41/hr across 26 postings with published pay. That median is a reasonable floor to anchor on when a recruiter asks what you're looking for.

The local market in Atlanta, GA

We're tracking 85 other active welding openings in Atlanta, GA right now, from 66 different employers. 38 of them were added in the last week. Across Georgia as a whole we're tracking 392 other active welding openings from 245 employers. A metro this active generally means you have real leverage — employers here are competing for the same welders. Browse every welding job in Atlanta, or widen the search to Georgia.

The most active employers in Georgia at the moment, by number of open welding reqs, are Brasfield & Gorrie, LLC (8), Mullins Mechanical (6), and Yancey Bros. Co. (5). Volume like that usually means either a genuine expansion or a staffing agency working several client sites — worth knowing which before you apply.

Within Georgia, the best-paying metros we track by median hourly rate are Forest Park at $39/hr, Atlanta at $30/hr, and Marietta at $29/hr. Atlanta is among them.

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