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Overview

Clorox is seeking a qualified Mechanical Technician for their Atlanta West facility, focusing on maintaining and troubleshooting automated packaging equipment. The role emphasizes safety, technical expertise, and effective communication to ensure reliable manufacturing operations.

Responsibilities

  • Follow all Clorox Plant safety rules.
  • Troubleshoot mechanical and electrical faults.
  • Perform preventive maintenance (PMs).
  • Ensure stock of critical spares.
  • Execute work orders.
  • Maintain, troubleshoot, analyze, and repair equipment.
  • Troubleshoot motor and motor control problems.
  • Utilize computer software for various tasks.
  • Demonstrate effective written and verbal communication skills.
  • Read and update technical manuals and drawings.
  • Perform pipe fitting and use various tools and equipment.
  • Identify and install components of automated packaging equipment.
  • Demonstrate the ability to perform tasks using shop equipment.
  • Replace or adjust electrical devices.
  • Follow ladder logic for troubleshooting.

Requirements

  • Industrial maintenance work experience of at least 5 years.
  • Successful completion of a two-year college curriculum in technical areas or vocational school certificates.
  • Proficiency in maintaining, troubleshooting, analyzing, and repairing mechanical, pneumatic, hydraulic, power transmission, electrical, and control systems.
  • Thorough knowledge of VFDs, PLCs, and servo motors.
  • Ability to repair machinery using drawings and manuals.
  • Skilled in using hand tools, power tools, welding equipment, and shop equipment.
  • Understanding of shaft alignment techniques and tools.
  • Ability to maintain mechanical drive systems and lubrication.
  • Pipe fitting skills.
  • Basic electrical troubleshooting experience.
  • Knowledge of variable frequency drive operations and motor control circuits.
  • Proficiency in following ladder logic for troubleshooting.

Benefits

  • 401k
  • Health Insurance

Additional Information

  • 12-hour shifts from 7pm to 7am.

Benefits

401k
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How this job compares in Forest Park, GA

Pay in context

At roughly $39/hr, this posting sits about 39% above the $28/hr median for welding jobs across Georgia — toward the top of a $22–$37/hr middle band drawn from 163 postings with published pay. Put another way, it pays more than about 80% 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 Forest Park, GA

Forest Park, GA currently has 6 other active welding openings besides this one, spread across 5 employers. 2 of them were added in the last week. Across Georgia as a whole we're tracking 407 other active welding openings from 255 employers. That's enough local activity to be worth comparing two or three offers before committing. Browse every welding job in Forest Park, or widen the search to Georgia.

The Clorox Company currently has 2 other openings live in Georgia, which is usually a sign of either steady growth or steady turnover — worth asking which in the interview.

The most active employers in Georgia at the moment, by number of open welding reqs, are Marathon (10), Southern Industrial Constructors, Inc. (7), and Mullins Mechanical (6). 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 Marietta at $32/hr, Atlanta at $31/hr, and Lithia Springs at $29/hr. If you can relocate or commute, that spread is worth factoring in.

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