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Overview

Reworld is a leader in sustainable waste solutions, providing innovative solutions for carbon-negative outcomes. The Maintenance Mechanic and Welder will support facility operations by performing skilled mechanical and welding work, ensuring compliance with production schedules and plant output requirements.

Responsibilities

  • Attend and participate in scheduled training and safety programs.
  • Perform a wide variety of mechanical, welding, hydraulic and pneumatic repairs, PM’s and fabrication.
  • Consult with operations and work cooperatively with facility operators.
  • Complete work order corrective actions and log books.
  • Perform other duties as deemed necessary by the Maintenance Leadership Team.

Requirements

  • High school diploma or GED.
  • Three years’ experience in the repair and maintenance of mechanical equipment.
  • Ability to install seals and rebuild hydraulic cylinders and pumps.
  • Can remove, install taper locks, gearboxes, bearings and splice belts on conveyors.
  • Can operate a pipe threading machine for pipefitting.
  • Able to cut and fabricate from simple fabrications drawings/instructions.
  • Can safely operate hydraulic press, drill press, band saw and grinders.
  • Ability to read and interpret documents such as blueprints and maintenance instructions.
  • Effective communication skills with supervisors and other employees.
  • Ability to complete all Maintenance & Safety Training within prescribed deadlines.
  • Experience with SMAW, GTAW, and GMAW welding procedures preferred.

Benefits

  • Health Insurance
  • Dental
  • Vision
  • 401k

Additional Information

  • This position requires working 10-hour shifts.

Benefits

Health Insurance
Dental
Vision
401k
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How this job compares in Fort Myers, FL

Pay in context

At roughly $39/hr, this posting sits about 55% above the $25/hr median for welding jobs across Florida — toward the top of a $23–$30/hr middle band drawn from 106 postings with published pay. Put another way, it pays more than about 92% 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 Fort Myers, FL

Fort Myers, FL currently has 7 other active welding openings besides this one, spread across 7 employers. 2 of them were added in the last week. Across Florida as a whole we're tracking 235 other active welding openings from 143 employers. That's enough local activity to be worth comparing two or three offers before committing. Browse every welding job in Fort Myers, or widen the search to Florida.

Reworld Waste currently has 1 other opening live in Florida, which is usually a sign of either steady growth or steady turnover — worth asking which in the interview.

The most active employers in Florida at the moment, by number of open welding reqs, are Welding Shop in Miami, FL (16), Welding Shop in Tampa, FL (13), and Welding Shop in Orlando, FL (8). Volume like that usually means either a genuine expansion or a staffing agency working several client sites — worth knowing which before you apply.

Within Florida, the best-paying metros we track by median hourly rate are Jacksonville at $31/hr, Orlando at $28/hr, and Tampa at $25/hr. If you can relocate or commute, that spread is worth factoring in.

What you'll be running

This posting calls for MIG, TIG, and Stick 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 Mechanic and Welder figures were last recalculated when this page was built.