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Overview

The Maintenance Tech position at West Fraser involves a variety of technical and mechanical tasks focused on diagnosing, repairing, and maintaining industrial equipment. The company is a leading producer of wood products and emphasizes a strong internal promotion culture and employee development.

Responsibilities

  • Diagnose causes of malfunctions using technical electronic diagnostics and precision instruments.
  • Start and operate equipment to verify corrections of malfunctions.
  • Inspect, adjust, clean, and lubricate equipment as part of preventive maintenance.
  • Repair and maintain industrial equipment including conveying systems and major machine centers.
  • Read and understand drawings and printed instructions.
  • Move machinery and equipment using hoists, dollies, rollers, and trucks.
  • Adjust tension on nuts and bolts and position parts using hand tools.
  • Align machines and equipment using various tools.
  • Assemble and install equipment using hand and power tools.
  • Dismantle machines using hand tools.
  • Remain current in technical changes by attending classes as needed.
  • Work rotating shifts, holidays, weekends, and overtime as required.
  • Adhere to safety rules and regulations.

Requirements

  • High School Diploma or GED required.
  • Two years or more of experience installing, troubleshooting, and repairing heavy equipment.
  • Experience with precision alignment of motors, couplings, bearings, and pumps.
  • Experience troubleshooting issues with bearings, chains, sprockets, gearboxes, and conveyors.
  • Experience reading blueprints.
  • Experience with fabrication, cutting with a torch, and welding with an arc welder.
  • Experience in a manufacturing environment.

Benefits

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

Additional Information

  • Willing and able to maintain strict adherence to safety rules and regulations.
  • The company promotes from within and offers career development opportunities.

Benefits

Health Insurance
Dental
Vision
Life Insurance
Disability Insurance
401k
PTO
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How this job compares in Seaboard, NC

Pay in context

At roughly $42/hr, this posting sits about 41% above the $30/hr median for welding jobs across North Carolina — toward the top of a $24–$32/hr middle band drawn from 108 postings with published pay. Put another way, it pays more than about 94% 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 Seaboard, NC

Seaboard, NC currently has 4 other active welding openings besides this one, spread across 1 employer. 4 of them were added in the last week. Across North Carolina as a whole we're tracking 164 other active welding openings from 86 employers. That's enough local activity to be worth comparing two or three offers before committing. Browse every welding job in Seaboard, or widen the search to North Carolina.

West Fraser currently has 48 other openings live in North Carolina, which is usually a sign of either steady growth or steady turnover — worth asking which in the interview.

The most active employers in North Carolina at the moment, by number of open welding reqs, are West Fraser (48), Carrier Global (5), and Southern Industrial Constructors, Inc. (4). Volume like that usually means either a genuine expansion or a staffing agency working several client sites — worth knowing which before you apply.

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