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Overview

Georgia-Pacific Recycling is seeking a Maintenance Technician for their South Plainfield, NJ recycling facility, where they process old-corrugated containers for export markets. The role involves maintaining and repairing industrial machinery to ensure optimal performance and safety.

Responsibilities

  • Troubleshoot, repair, and maintain industrial machinery.
  • Install and align new equipment.
  • Perform periodic maintenance routines including lubricating machine tools and equipment.
  • Maintain accurate maintenance logs including labor hours and preventative maintenance findings.
  • Work with the operations team to identify and prioritize maintenance needs.
  • Help meet or exceed production and quality goals while optimizing equipment.
  • Adhere to all plant safety and environmental guidelines and participate in the safety program.
  • Maintain strict adherence to safety rules and regulations.

Requirements

  • Four years or more of experience in a mechanical maintenance position within a manufacturing, industrial, or military environment.
  • Experience working with hydraulic and pneumatic systems.
  • Experience using a cutting torch and welding with an arc welder.
  • Experience troubleshooting issues with bearings, chains, sprockets, gearboxes, and conveyors.

Benefits

  • Health Insurance
  • Dental
  • Vision
  • PTO

Additional Information

  • Candidates must be flexible to work any shift, including overtime, holidays, and weekends.
  • Ability to lift up to 50 lbs and perform physically demanding tasks.

Benefits

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

Pay in context

At roughly $28/hr, this posting comes in about 20% below the $35/hr median for welding jobs across New Jersey, where the middle half runs $30–$40/hr across 154 postings with published pay. Put another way, it pays more than about 19% 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 South Plainfield, NJ

We're tracking 11 other active welding openings in South Plainfield, NJ right now, from 10 different employers. 7 of them were added in the last week. Across New Jersey as a whole we're tracking 214 other active welding openings from 139 employers. A metro this active generally means you have real leverage — employers here are competing for the same welders. Browse every welding job in South Plainfield, or widen the search to New Jersey.

Georgia Pacific currently has 1 other opening live in New Jersey, which is usually a sign of either steady growth or steady turnover — worth asking which in the interview.

The most active employers in New Jersey at the moment, by number of open welding reqs, are Rhoads Industries (13), Gpac (10), 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, Northvale at $40/hr, and Wayne at $39/hr. If you can relocate or commute, that spread is worth factoring in.

Similar openings near South Plainfield, NJ

Pay figures are medians computed from live postings in the Welding Pros index, not from survey data, and they move as employers post. Maintenance Technician - South Plainfield, NJ figures were last recalculated when this page was built.