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Overview

Huhtamaki is a global provider of sustainable packaging solutions, focused on making all packaging recyclable, reusable, or compostable while ensuring the hygiene and safety of food and drink for people worldwide. The Advanced Maintenance Mechanic role involves diagnosing and solving mechanical problems, maintaining machinery, and supporting continuous improvement efforts.

Responsibilities

  • Accurately diagnose and solve mechanical problems as they arise.
  • Repair and maintain machinery and equipment such as production machines, conveyor systems, hydraulics, power transmissions, and all mechanical equipment.
  • Visually inspect and perform preventative maintenance to machines and equipment.
  • Perform welding tasks related to repairing equipment/machinery.
  • Follow blueprints, diagrams, and service manuals to repair broken parts, realign and adjust mechanical components, and dismantle machines to gain access to the problem areas.
  • Work on air and hydraulic pipes on the machines by measuring, cutting, threading, and installing new pipe.
  • Actively support and participate in the continuous improvement process.
  • Perform all other duties as assigned by supervisor.
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How this job compares in Hammond, IN

Pay in context

This employer didn't publish a rate. For reference, welding jobs across Indiana currently run a median of $27/hr in our index, with the middle half of them falling between $21–$32/hr across 47 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 Hammond, IN

Hammond, IN currently has 3 other active welding openings besides this one, spread across 2 employers. 1 of them was added in the last week. Across Indiana as a whole we're tracking 82 other active welding openings from 67 employers. That's enough local activity to be worth comparing two or three offers before committing. Browse every welding job in Hammond, or widen the search to Indiana.

The most active employers in Indiana at the moment, by number of open welding reqs, are Lensing Building Specialties & Architectural Sales (4), Skillforce (3), and TEAM, Inc. (2). 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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