Job Description

Overview

The Maintenance Technician III is a skilled maintenance professional responsible for advanced troubleshooting, repair, installation, modification, and preventive maintenance of manufacturing equipment and facility systems in an industrial manufacturing environment. This role involves independent diagnosis and resolution of complex issues while ensuring compliance with safety and operational standards.

Responsibilities

  • Complies with established job safety practices, policies, and procedures.
  • Troubleshoots, repairs, installs, erects, moves, and/or dismantles all types of machinery and auxiliary production equipment.
  • Performs preventative maintenance for building and grounds as necessary.
  • Maintains all shop tools and equipment and performs clean-up, painting, and housekeeping duties.
  • Communicates pertinent information to off shifts.
  • Directs efforts of contract labor on specific assignments.
  • Initiates, reviews, and follows all standard operating procedures (SOPs) for area of responsibility.
  • Establishes and maintains effective work relationships within the department and company.
  • Communicates with the emergency coordinator (EHS) regarding environmental management activities.
  • Understands and responds effectively to EHS directions during emergencies.
  • Understands, completes, and maintains environmental documentation as directed by EHS.
  • Recognizes waste streams and minimizes waste generation.
  • Complies with environmental regulations when handling materials and wastes.
  • Performs other duties as assigned.

Requirements

  • High School Diploma or GED.
  • 7+ years of job-related mechanical maintenance experience in an industrial manufacturing environment.
  • Previous experience as a Maintenance Mechanic, Millwright, or similar mechanical maintenance role.
  • Demonstrated experience maintaining and troubleshooting manufacturing equipment.
  • Self-motivated problem solver with the ability to minimize downtime.
  • Ability to apply independent evaluation and substantial adaptation of engineering techniques.
  • Must handle sensitive information confidentially.
  • Must follow company policies and procedures.
  • Maintains awareness and complies with hazardous waste management requirements.
  • Thorough understanding of the operating principles of all assigned equipment.
  • General carpentry skills.
  • Ability to arc weld, MIG weld, TIG weld, and use oxy-acetylene equipment.
  • Ability to use hand and power tools.
  • Ability to perform basic plumbing and piping.
  • Ability to perform basic structural and sheet metal fabrication.
  • Ability to read blueprints.
  • Ability to use basic machine shop equipment.
  • Must maintain professional competence and ethical integrity.
  • Working knowledge of welding, brazing, burning, bending, and machine shop theory.

Additional Information

  • This position is exposed to occupational hazards, including high noise levels and chemicals.
  • Must wear appropriate safety gear and follow safety practices.
  • Works in confined areas.
  • Ability to lift up to 35lbs.

How this job compares in Phoenix, AZ

Pay in context

This employer didn't publish a rate. For reference, welding jobs in Phoenix, AZ currently run a median of $32/hr in our index, with the middle half of them falling between $26–$38/hr across 83 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 Phoenix, AZ

We're tracking 214 other active welding openings in Phoenix, AZ right now, from 139 different employers. 84 of them were added in the last week. Across Arizona as a whole we're tracking 488 other active welding openings from 276 employers. A metro this active generally means you have real leverage — employers here are competing for the same welders. Browse every welding job in Phoenix, or widen the search to Arizona.

The most active employers in Arizona at the moment, by number of open welding reqs, are Sundt Construction (14), Welding Shop in Phoenix, AZ (14), and GTI Fabrication (11). Volume like that usually means either a genuine expansion or a staffing agency working several client sites — worth knowing which before you apply.

Within Arizona, the best-paying metros we track by median hourly rate are El Mirage at $38/hr, Waddell at $34/hr, and Phoenix at $32/hr. Phoenix is among them.

What you'll be running

This posting calls for MIG and TIG work. MIG (GMAW) feeds a continuous wire electrode through a shielding-gas nozzle. It lays down metal fast and is forgiving on clean material, which is why it dominates production and light fabrication work. TIG (GTAW) uses a non-consumable tungsten electrode with filler added by hand, giving the operator the most control of any process. It is slow, demanding, and the standard for stainless, aluminum, and anything where the bead has to look as good as it holds.

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Pay figures are medians computed from live postings in the Welding Pros index, not from survey data, and they move as employers post. Maintenance Tech 3 figures were last recalculated when this page was built.