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Overview

At Niagara, we’re looking for Team Members who want to be part of achieving our mission to provide our customers the highest quality most affordable bottled water. The Maintenance Apprenticeship Program is designed to develop Maintenance Technicians through formal classroom and on-the-job training.

Responsibilities

  • Shadow and learn from Operators, Preventative Maintenance Mechanics, Maintenance Technicians, and Sr. Maintenance Technicians.
  • Perform scheduled PM's on machinery as needed.
  • Assist with maintenance projects & machine rebuilds.
  • Assist with downed equipment repair during the production shift as needed.
  • Research and documentation using a computer.
  • Work safely & follow the written procedures to do so.
  • Follow & respect company rules, staff and their peers.
  • Be at work on time based on their assigned schedule.
  • Attend OEM trainings and apply learnings upon returning to the plant.
  • Perform on-demand maintenance and repair of equipment in the manufacturing facility.
  • Complete daily responsibilities assigned by the assigned direct supervisor.
  • Explain and demonstrate accomplishment of the learning objectives for each learning activity in both theory and practice.

Requirements

  • Minimum 2 years of experience in Maintenance or similar manufacturing environment.
  • High School Diploma or GED required.
  • Vocational Technical School Certificate in a maintenance-related field required.
  • Ability to understand and do math, geometry and measuring using a ruler and caliper.
  • Mechanical aptitude and attention to detail.
  • Ability to read blueprints & schematics.
  • Able to stand, sit, squat or reach up to 12 hours per day as required.
  • Great attendance and willingness to work as a team.

Benefits

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

Additional Information

  • Full-time position starting June 2027.
  • 30% of travel may be required.

Benefits

PTO
Health Insurance
Dental
Vision
401k
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How this job compares in Dallas, TX

Pay in context

At roughly $31/hr, this posting comes in about 11% below the $35/hr median for welding jobs in Dallas, TX, where the middle half runs $30–$43/hr across 48 postings with published pay. Put another way, it pays more than about 31% 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 Dallas, TX

We're tracking 124 other active welding openings in Dallas, TX right now, from 90 different employers. 55 of them were added in the last week. Across Texas as a whole we're tracking 1,339 other active welding openings from 721 employers. A metro this active generally means you have real leverage — employers here are competing for the same welders. Browse every welding job in Dallas, or widen the search to Texas.

Niagara Bottling currently has 5 other openings live in Texas, which is usually a sign of either steady growth or steady turnover — worth asking which in the interview.

The most active employers in Texas at the moment, by number of open welding reqs, are Welding Shop in Houston, TX (27), Zachry Group (22), and Austin Industries (16). Volume like that usually means either a genuine expansion or a staffing agency working several client sites — worth knowing which before you apply.

Within Texas, the best-paying metros we track by median hourly rate are Pasadena at $40/hr, Arlington at $39/hr, and Midlothian at $38/hr. If you can relocate or commute, that spread is worth factoring in.

Similar openings near Dallas, TX

Pay figures are medians computed from live postings in the Welding Pros index, not from survey data, and they move as employers post. Maintenance Apprenticeship Program (full-time/paid) - Dallas, TX. figures were last recalculated when this page was built.