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Job Description

Overview

As a Manufacturing Technician in Smyrna, GA, you will be responsible for assembling, testing, and reworking mechanical and electromechanical assemblies. The role requires a willingness to learn basic hand-soldering skills and involves physical tasks such as lifting equipment.

Responsibilities

  • Follow work instructions to assemble, test and rework mechanical components and assemblies.
  • Be willing to learn basic soldering skills for work on wires and wiring harnesses.
  • Frequent lifting of equipment and products (~5 pounds), occasional lifting of gear and equipment (up to 25 pounds).

Requirements

  • Direct experience in workshop or consumer electronics manufacturing environment assembling and testing mechanical components, electronics, or electro-mechanical assemblies.
  • Willingness to learn and have a can-do attitude.
  • Strong mechanical aptitude.
  • Attention to detail and ability to carefully follow instructions.
  • Good hand-eye coordination and hand dexterity.
  • Basic troubleshooting skills.
  • Collaborative working style and team-player attitude.
  • Basic computer skills.

Benefits

Additional Information

  • Duration: 6 Months
  • Job Schedule: On site required
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How this job compares in Smyrna, GA

Pay in context

This employer didn't publish a rate. For reference, manufacturing welder jobs across Georgia currently run a median of $20/hr in our index, with the middle half of them falling between $20–$20/hr across 8 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 Smyrna, GA

Smyrna, GA currently has 5 other active welding openings besides this one, spread across 5 employers. 5 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 Smyrna, 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.

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