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Job Description

Overview

We are seeking a professional Maintenance Technician for our Palmetto, GA location to proactively address potential issues and maintain the facility's equipment and office systems. The ideal candidate will perform maintenance and repairs, ensuring the smooth operation of production equipment.

Responsibilities

  • Perform highly diversified duties to maintain facilities and the plant facility’s equipment.
  • Provide emergency/unscheduled repairs of facilities and/or equipment during production.
  • Conduct scheduled maintenance repairs of production equipment during machine service.
  • Utilize mechanic skills including mechanical, electrical, pneumatic, and hydraulic troubleshooting.
  • Diagnose problems, replace or repair parts, test and make adjustments.
  • Recommend subcontractors to address problems as necessary.
  • Perform other duties as assigned.

Requirements

  • High school diploma required; college degree preferred.
  • Experience performing facility and equipment related maintenance in a large facility.
  • Experience working with a variety of mechanical, electrical, pneumatic, and material handling equipment.

Benefits

Additional Information

  • Location: Palmetto, GA
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How this job compares in Palmetto, GA

Pay in context

This employer didn't publish a rate. For reference, welding jobs across Georgia currently run a median of $28/hr in our index, with the middle half of them falling between $22–$34/hr across 178 postings with published pay. That median is a reasonable floor to anchor on when a recruiter asks what you're looking for.

The local market in Palmetto, GA

Palmetto, GA currently has 4 other active welding openings besides this one, spread across 3 employers. 1 of them was added in the last week. Across Georgia as a whole we're tracking 444 other active welding openings from 281 employers. That's enough local activity to be worth comparing two or three offers before committing. Browse every welding job in Palmetto, or widen the search to Georgia.

The most active employers in Georgia at the moment, by number of open welding reqs, are Marathon (10), Brasfield & Gorrie, LLC (7), and Southern Industrial Constructors, Inc. (7). 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 Forest Park at $39/hr, Atlanta at $33/hr, and Conyers at $31/hr. If you can relocate or commute, that spread is worth factoring in.

Similar openings near Palmetto, GA

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