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Overview

We are seeking a Maintenance Technician to join our high-speed manufacturing facility in Lithia Springs, GA. The primary responsibilities include maintaining and repairing industrial equipment to support production and ensure quality standards.

Responsibilities

  • Perform routine inspection, preventive maintenance, repair, and rebuild on assigned converting equipment and production lines.
  • Troubleshoot assigned out of service equipment and correct issues, acting as an escalation point for lower level technicians.
  • Record all maintenance issues in maintenance log for each line.
  • Document all work in the computerized maintenance management system (CMMS) and maintain accurate records of all operating logs.
  • Perform root cause analysis of major downtime events.
  • Assist maintenance mechanics in work that requires two people or when operational needs demand.
  • Assemble and test equipment to verify correct operation and production.
  • Analyze and record cause of production delays and initiate procedures to solve equipment malfunctions.
  • Examine defects and analyze root cause analysis, taking corrective action where possible.

Requirements

  • High school diploma or equivalent.
  • 3 years of experience with conveyor, automation, or robotics equipment repair and maintenance.
  • Fundamental understanding of machinery/equipment.
  • Basic skill level in multiple computer software packages including Microsoft Excel.
  • Basic understanding of inputs, outputs, and PLC logic systems.
  • Ability to write documents and reports using CMMS (EAM infor) program.
  • Ability to read information, often in small print (drawings).
  • Follow appropriate safety procedures such as Lock Out/Tag Out and use Personal Protective Equipment (PPE).

Benefits

  • Health Insurance
  • 401k
  • PTO

Additional Information

  • Schedule: 6:00PM-6:30AM, follows 2-2-3 schedule format.
  • Location: Lithia Springs, GA.

Benefits

Health Insurance
401k
PTO
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How this job compares in Lithia Springs, GA

Pay in context

At roughly $32/hr, this posting sits about 11% above the $29/hr median for welding jobs across Georgia — toward the top of a $25–$39/hr middle band drawn from 107 postings with published pay. Put another way, it pays more than about 64% 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 Lithia Springs, GA

Lithia Springs, GA currently has 8 other active welding openings besides this one, spread across 5 employers. 1 of them was added in the last week. Across Georgia as a whole we're tracking 338 other active welding openings from 193 employers. That's enough local activity to be worth comparing two or three offers before committing. Browse every welding job in Lithia Springs, or widen the search to Georgia.

The most active employers in Georgia at the moment, by number of open welding reqs, are Lockheed Martin (12), Southern Industrial Constructors, Inc. (10), and Classic Collision (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 $42/hr, Forest Park at $39/hr, and Atlanta at $28/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 Tech I figures were last recalculated when this page was built.