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Overview

Georgia Tech is a top-ranked public research university in Atlanta, committed to academic excellence and diversity. The TEMP-Lab/Research Support position involves providing support services in the operation and maintenance of an academic or research laboratory.

Responsibilities

  • Perform routine mechanical and environmental tests
  • Perform basic machining with saws, drill press, mill, etc.
  • Monitor tests and recording test data
  • Basic data processing using Microsoft Excel
  • Perform equipment maintenance and repair tasks
  • Set up/construct electrical and mechanical tests
  • Prepare basic test reports

Requirements

  • High school diploma, GED Certificate or Vocational School Diploma
  • Up to two years of job related experience
  • Working knowledge in the use of instrumentation and other lab equipment
  • Skills in inventory management and the use of specialized computer applications

Benefits

Additional Information

  • This is not a supervisory position
  • This position does not have any financial responsibilities
  • This position will not be required to drive
  • This role is not considered a position of trust
  • This position does not require a purchasing card (P-Card)
  • This position will not travel
  • This position does not require security clearance
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How this job compares in Forest Park, 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 Forest Park, GA

Forest Park, GA currently has 8 other active welding openings besides this one, spread across 5 employers. 4 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 Forest Park, 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. Forest Park 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. TEMP-Lab/Research Support (Mechanical Tech- NEETRAC) figures were last recalculated when this page was built.