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Overview

The Maintenance Technician I supports FedEx Industrial Maintenance for material handling, focusing on preventative and predictive maintenance and repair of material handling systems. The role involves troubleshooting mechanical power transmission, electrical systems, PLC/controls, and welding/fabrication.

Responsibilities

  • Provide basic preventative and predictive maintenance and repair of material handling systems.
  • Diagnose simple mechanical power transmission issues visually or audibly at the single component level.
  • Adhere to safety standards and promote a safe work environment.
  • Require assistance/supervision in preventative/corrective maintenance tasks.
  • Participate in smaller scope projects as needed.
  • Work a flexible schedule including all days and shifts as business needs dictate.
  • Perform other duties as assigned.

Requirements

  • High School Diploma or GED required.
  • Demonstrated basic mechanical aptitude through background or hobbies in technical areas.
  • Two years of FedEx Operations Sortation equipment knowledge or enrollment in a related certificate or degree program.
  • Related military technical experience and electrical or mechanical trade experience will be considered.
  • Possess basic mechanical aptitude and basic electrical and mechanical skills preferred.
  • Ability to solve basic mechanical or electrical problems.
  • Effective verbal and written communication skills.
  • Ability to follow detailed instructions.
  • Software skills, including Microsoft Office suite.

Additional Information

  • Will need to use hand tools and possibly power tools.
  • May be working in hot or cold temperatures.
  • May need to stand, walk, bend, stoop and squat.
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How this job compares in Hutchins, TX

Pay in context

At roughly $33/hr, this posting sits about 19% above the $28/hr median for welding jobs across Texas — toward the top of a $23–$35/hr middle band drawn from 487 postings with published pay. Put another way, it pays more than about 67% 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 Hutchins, TX

Hutchins, TX currently has 6 other active welding openings besides this one, spread across 3 employers. 2 of them were added in the last week. Across Texas as a whole we're tracking 1,424 other active welding openings from 737 employers. That's enough local activity to be worth comparing two or three offers before committing. Browse every welding job in Hutchins, or widen the search to Texas.

Federal Express Corporation currently has 1 other opening 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 Zachry Group (26), Welding Shop in Houston, TX (25), and Austin Industries (23). 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, San Angelo at $39/hr, and Midlothian at $38/hr. If you can relocate or commute, that spread is worth factoring in.

Similar openings near Hutchins, 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 Technician I-1 figures were last recalculated when this page was built.