Maintenance Technician - 2nd Shift
Location
Clark, NJ
Wage
$33/hr
Employment Type
Full-time
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Posted on September 4, 2026
Job Description
Overview
Kerry is the world's leading taste and nutrition company for the food, beverage, and pharmaceutical industries, seeking a Maintenance Technician for their Clark, NJ facility. This role involves equipment maintenance and ensuring safety and quality in manufacturing.
Responsibilities
- Perform HVAC maintenance and piping system installation.
- Troubleshoot unforeseen general maintenance repairs in a timely manner.
- Ensure safety standards are met and that everyone leaves work as they arrived.
- Collaborate with team members to maintain a reliable work environment.
Requirements
- 3+ years of Industrial Maintenance experience.
- Experience troubleshooting centrifugal and diaphragm pumps.
- Ability to troubleshoot 3 phase motors.
- Minor fabrication skills.
- Fork truck operation experience.
- Previous experience with piping systems including steam, water, and chemical.
- Knowledge of Boilers, HVAC, and wastewater treatment.
- High school diploma or GED required; associate degree in a relevant field preferred.
- Experience in food/beverage industry is highly preferred but not required.
Benefits
- Health Insurance
- Dental
- Vision
- PTO
- 401k
Additional Information
- Schedule is 2:30 PM - 10:30 PM, Monday through Friday with overtime as needed.
- Position located at Clark, NJ facility.
Benefits
Health Insurance
Dental
Vision
PTO
401k
How this job compares in Clark, NJ
Pay in context
At roughly $33/hr, this posting lands within a few percent of the $35/hr median for welding jobs across New Jersey, whose middle half runs $30–$40/hr across 142 postings with published pay. Put another way, it pays more than about 44% 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 Clark, NJ
This is the only active welding job we're currently tracking in Clark, 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 215 other active welding openings from 129 employers. Browse welding jobs across New Jersey.
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.
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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 Technician - 2nd Shift figures were last recalculated when this page was built.