Marine Mechanic
Location
Eastport, ME
Wage
$68,315/yr
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Posted on September 8, 2026
Job Description
Overview
Cooke Aquaculture is seeking a skilled Welder / Maintenance Mechanic to join their team in Eastport, Maine. This role is responsible for performing welding, fabrication, equipment repair, and preventive maintenance to ensure the safe and efficient operation of company vessels and equipment.
Responsibilities
- Perform welding and fabrication tasks.
- Conduct equipment repair and preventive maintenance.
- Ensure the safe and efficient operation of company vessels and equipment.
- Troubleshoot and repair mechanical equipment.
- Perform high-quality welding repairs.
Requirements
- Experience troubleshooting and repairing mechanical equipment.
- Experience performing high-quality welding repairs.
Benefits
Additional Information
- Location: Eastport, Maine
How this job compares in Eastport, ME
Pay in context
At roughly $33/hr, this posting lands within a few percent of the $32/hr median for welding jobs across Maine, whose middle half runs $26–$43/hr across 11 postings with published pay. Put another way, it pays more than about 55% of the comparable postings we have wage data for. In other words it is a market-rate offer, so benefits, overtime, and shift schedule are where the real difference between this and the next posting on the list shows up.
The local market in Eastport, ME
This is the only active welding job we're currently tracking in Eastport, ME, which makes it worth moving on quickly — there is no local competing offer to weigh it against. Across Maine as a whole we're tracking 17 other active welding openings from 13 employers. Browse welding jobs across Maine.
The most active employers in Maine at the moment, by number of open welding reqs, are U.S. Coast Guard (4) and The Middlesex Corporation (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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Pay figures are medians computed from live postings in the Welding Pros index, not from survey data, and they move as employers post. Marine Mechanic figures were last recalculated when this page was built.