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Astrix

Electro-Mechanical Equipment Technician

Location

Duluth, GA

Wage

$30 – $37.5/hr

Employment Type

Contract

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Posted on September 4, 2026

Job Description

Overview

This position is for an Electro-Mechanical Equipment Technician at a global leader in the device industry, focusing on helping people see brilliantly. The role involves troubleshooting and maintaining high-speed production equipment with a potential for contract extension or conversion.

Responsibilities

  • Diagnose and repair mechanical, electrical, pneumatic, hydraulic, and control system issues.
  • Perform preventative maintenance (PM).
  • Improve equipment performance and output.
  • Follow cGMP and SOPs; update procedures as needed.
  • Rebuild and restore parts.
  • Collaborate with production teams and engineers.

Requirements

  • 3-5 years industrial or manufacturing maintenance experience.
  • Experience with PLCs, sensors, pneumatics, and VFDs.
  • High school diploma (technical certification preferred).
  • Strong English communication skills.

Benefits

  • Health Insurance
  • Dental
  • PTO
  • 401k

Additional Information

  • 1 year contract with extension or conversion potential.
  • 2nd Shift: Monday - Friday 2:00 PM - 11:00 PM.
  • 12-hour day or night rotating shifts.
  • Strict safety and aseptic standards.

Benefits

Health Insurance
Dental
PTO
401k
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How this job compares in Duluth, GA

Pay in context

At roughly $34/hr, this posting sits about 21% above the $28/hr median for welding jobs across Georgia — toward the top of a $22–$34/hr middle band drawn from 177 postings with published pay. Put another way, it pays more than about 75% 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 Duluth, GA

Duluth, GA currently has 6 other active welding openings besides this one, spread across 6 employers. 2 of them were 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 Duluth, 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 Duluth, GA

Pay figures are medians computed from live postings in the Welding Pros index, not from survey data, and they move as employers post. Electro-Mechanical Equipment Technician figures were last recalculated when this page was built.