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Overview

Clorox is seeking a qualified Mechanical Technician for their Atlanta West facility, focusing on maintaining and troubleshooting automated packaging equipment. The role emphasizes safety, technical expertise, and effective communication to ensure reliable manufacturing.

Responsibilities

  • Follow all Clorox Plant safety rules.
  • Troubleshoot mechanical and electrical faults.
  • Perform preventive maintenance (PMs).
  • Ensure stock of critical spares.
  • Execute work orders.
  • Maintain, troubleshoot, analyze, and repair equipment.
  • Troubleshoot motor and motor control problems.
  • Utilize computer software for various tasks.
  • Clean work area after each job.
  • Demonstrate effective written and verbal communication skills.
  • Respond appropriately to stakeholders of all levels.

Requirements

  • Industrial maintenance work experience of at least 5 years.
  • Successful completion of a two-year college curriculum in technical areas or vocational school certificates.
  • Proficiency in maintaining, troubleshooting, analyzing, and repairing mechanical, pneumatic, hydraulic, power transmission, electrical, and control systems.
  • Thorough knowledge of VFDs, PLCs, and servo motors.
  • Ability to repair defective machinery using drawings, manuals, and sample parts.
  • Skilled in using hand tools, power tools, welding equipment, rigging equipment, and shop equipment.
  • Understanding of shaft alignment techniques and tools.
  • Ability to maintain mechanical drive systems, lubrication, and various pump types.
  • Pipe fitting skills.
  • Basic electrical troubleshooting experience.

Benefits

  • 401k
  • Health Insurance

Additional Information

  • Starting hourly rate: $38.80 with a shift differential for overnight hours.
  • Flexible work environment, depending on your role.
  • Half-day Fridays, depending on your location.

Benefits

401k
Health Insurance
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How this job compares in Forest Park, GA

Pay in context

At roughly $39/hr, this posting sits about 39% above the $28/hr median for welding jobs across Georgia — toward the top of a $23–$31/hr middle band drawn from 93 postings with published pay. Put another way, it pays more than about 85% 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 Forest Park, GA

Forest Park, GA currently has 5 other active welding openings besides this one, spread across 4 employers. 2 of them were added in the last week. Across Georgia as a whole we're tracking 267 other active welding openings from 145 employers. That's enough local activity to be worth comparing two or three offers before committing. Browse every welding job in Forest Park, or widen the search to Georgia.

The Clorox Company currently has 2 other openings live in Georgia, which is usually a sign of either steady growth or steady turnover — worth asking which in the interview.

The most active employers in Georgia at the moment, by number of open welding reqs, are Classic Collision (14), Southern Industrial Constructors, Inc. (10), and Gerber Collision & Glass (9). Volume like that usually means either a genuine expansion or a staffing agency working several client sites — worth knowing which before you apply.

Within Georgia, the best-paying metros we track by median hourly rate are Marietta at $30/hr, Atlanta at $28/hr, and Decatur at $27/hr. If you can relocate or commute, that spread is worth factoring in.

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