Job Description

Overview

A Maintenance Technician reports directly to maintenance supervision and works closely with other maintenance team members to ensure the reliability of the plant's equipment. They possess the necessary skills to repair and maintain equipment, machinery, and facilities, performing routine maintenance tasks and troubleshooting issues to ensure smooth operations.

Responsibilities

  • Perform routine inspections and preventative maintenance tasks on equipment, machinery, and facilities.
  • Follow maintenance schedules and ensure that tasks are completed on time to minimize equipment downtime.
  • Identify and report potential maintenance issues before they become problems.
  • Diagnose and repair faulty equipment, machinery, or systems.
  • Disassemble, inspect, and reassemble machinery and systems to identify issues or required repairs.
  • Troubleshoot and resolve technical issues.
  • Install and set up new equipment or machinery as part of company projects.
  • Coordinate and test newly installed equipment to ensure it operates correctly.
  • Maintain and ensure that maintenance tools and equipment are kept in good working condition.
  • Safely use and care for a variety of tools and machinery.
  • Ensure the maintenance work area is organized and complies with safety standards.
  • Log and record maintenance activities, including repairs, inspections, and parts used.
  • Report maintenance issues and completed tasks to supervision.
  • Maintain accurate maintenance records for equipment and facilities.
  • Follow company safety protocols and industry regulations to ensure safe working conditions.
  • Identify safety hazards and take appropriate action to mitigate risks.
  • Ensure compliance with all relevant safety standards, environmental policies, and health regulations.
  • Participate in training programs and workshops to develop technical knowledge and skills in various maintenance areas.
  • Stay up to date with best practices and new technologies in the maintenance field.
  • Willing to learn new techniques and troubleshooting methods.
  • Shadow senior maintenance personnel to learn new techniques and troubleshooting methods.
  • Report to work as scheduled, on time, and in the proper uniform.
  • Review shift reports and meet with the outbound team to understand the current state of operations and mechanical issues.
  • Receive work tasks via CMMS or verbal and written instruction from supervision.
  • Conduct daily facility checks with proficiency.
  • Report issues as they arise to supervision in a timely manner.
  • Check parts out of the inventory system correctly and accurately.
  • Upload work orders into CMMS.
  • Meet with the inbound team at the end of the shift to communicate the current state of operations and mechanical issues.
  • Send report via email at the end of the shift outlining the day's performance and issues.

How this job compares in Philadelphia, PA

Pay in context

At roughly $31/hr, this posting lands within a few percent of the $32/hr median for welding jobs in Philadelphia, PA, whose middle half runs $30–$41/hr across 21 postings with published pay. Put another way, it pays more than about 38% 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 Philadelphia, PA

We're tracking 43 other active welding openings in Philadelphia, PA right now, from 33 different employers. 21 of them were added in the last week. Across Pennsylvania as a whole we're tracking 321 other active welding openings from 197 employers. A metro this active generally means you have real leverage — employers here are competing for the same welders. Browse every welding job in Philadelphia, or widen the search to Pennsylvania.

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

The most active employers in Pennsylvania at the moment, by number of open welding reqs, are Rhoads Industries (12), Department of the Navy - Agency Wide (8), and Phillips Tank & Structure (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 Pennsylvania, the best-paying metros we track by median hourly rate are Philadelphia at $32/hr, Braddock at $31/hr, and Malvern at $30/hr. Philadelphia is among them.

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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. Manufacturing Maintenance Technician PM Shift- Union figures were last recalculated when this page was built.