Job Description

Overview

At Hackensack Meridian Health, the Maintenance Mechanic plays a crucial role in maintaining and repairing equipment and machinery at the Nutley Campus, contributing to the organization's mission to transform healthcare and support community well-being.

Responsibilities

  • Observes all mechanical equipment in operation.
  • Dismantles inoperative equipment, removes, and repairs or replaces defective parts.
  • Adjusts functional parts of equipment and instrumentation.
  • Lubricates and cleans mechanical parts.
  • Starts mechanical equipment and tests their performance.
  • Utilizes electrical and mechanical tools, hand tools, ladders, scaffolds, lifts, gauges, meters, etc. to perform required work.
  • Handles all emergencies related to Plant Operations during off shifts.
  • Works any day or shift as needed.
  • Performs other duties of Plant Operations as required.
  • May use machine shop equipment to repair required mechanical parts.
  • Reads blueprints or specifications in the performance of mechanic tasks.
  • Lifts a minimum of 50 lbs., pushes and pulls a minimum of 50 lbs., and stands a minimum of 8 hours a day.
  • Adheres to HMH Organizational competencies and standards of behavior.

Requirements

  • High School diploma, GED, or other Vocational degrees/certificates.
  • Minimum of 3 years in related work.
  • Ability to stand, walk, reach most of the day and handle light and medium weight tools, objects, and equipment.
  • Ability to frequently move equipment up to 50 lbs., work on ladders and scaffolds.
  • Ability to work in changing conditions including dirt, dust, fumes, grease, water, steam, refrigerants, and various Plant Operational compounds.
  • Ability to work indoors and outdoors.
  • Awareness of hazards such as cuts, bruises, strains, and falls.

Benefits

  • Health Insurance
  • Dental
  • Vision
  • PTO

Additional Information

  • Full-time position with day shifts.
  • Located at the Nutley Campus.

Benefits

Health Insurance
Dental
Vision
PTO

How this job compares in Nutley, NJ

Pay in context

At roughly $31/hr, this posting comes in about 12% below the $35/hr median for welding jobs across New Jersey, where the middle half runs $30–$40/hr across 143 postings with published pay. Put another way, it pays more than about 29% 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 Nutley, NJ

This is the only active welding job we're currently tracking in Nutley, NJ, which makes it worth moving on quickly — there is no local competing offer to weigh it against. Across New Jersey as a whole we're tracking 216 other active welding openings from 131 employers. Browse welding jobs across New Jersey.

Hackensack Meridian Health currently has 1 other opening live in New Jersey, which is usually a sign of either steady growth or steady turnover — worth asking which in the interview.

The most active employers in New Jersey at the moment, by number of open welding reqs, are Rhoads Industries (12), gpac (10), and Gpac (10). Volume like that usually means either a genuine expansion or a staffing agency working several client sites — worth knowing which before you apply.

Within New Jersey, the best-paying metros we track by median hourly rate are Camden at $51/hr, Northvale at $40/hr, and Newark at $38/hr. If you can relocate or commute, that spread is worth factoring in.

Similar openings near Nutley, NJ

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, Nutley - Full Time - Day figures were last recalculated when this page was built.