Job Description

Overview

A Maintenance Technician reports directly to maintenance supervision and works closely with other maintenance team members to ensure the reliability of the plant's equipment. They possess the necessary skills to repair and maintain equipment, machinery, and facilities, performing routine maintenance tasks, troubleshooting issues, and completing repairs to ensure smooth operation.

Responsibilities

  • Perform routine inspections and preventative maintenance tasks on equipment, machinery, and facilities.
  • Follow maintenance schedules and ensure that tasks are completed on time to minimize equipment downtime.
  • Identify and report potential maintenance issues before they become problems.
  • Diagnose and repair faulty equipment, machinery, or systems.
  • Disassemble, inspect, and reassemble machinery and systems to identify issues or required repairs.
  • Troubleshoot and resolve technical issues.
  • Install and set up new equipment or machinery as part of company projects.
  • Coordinate and test newly installed equipment to ensure it operates correctly.
  • Maintain and ensure that maintenance tools and equipment are kept in good working condition.
  • Safely use and care for a variety of tools and machinery.
  • Ensure the maintenance work area is organized and complies with safety standards.
  • Log and record maintenance activities, including repairs, inspections, and parts used.
  • Report maintenance issues and completed tasks to the supervision.
  • Maintain accurate maintenance records for equipment and facilities.
  • Follow company safety protocols and industry regulations to ensure safe working conditions.
  • Identify safety hazards and take appropriate action to mitigate risks.
  • Ensure compliance with all relevant safety standards, environmental policies, and health regulations.
  • Participate in training programs and workshops to develop technical knowledge and skills in various maintenance areas.
  • Stay up to date with best practices and new technologies in the maintenance field.
  • Willing to learn new techniques and troubleshooting methods.
  • Shadow senior maintenance personnel to learn new techniques and troubleshooting methods.
  • Report to work as scheduled, on time, and in the proper uniform.
  • Review shift reports and meet with outbound team to understand the current state of operations and mechanical issues.
  • Receive work tasks via CMMS or verbal and written instruction from supervision.
  • Conduct daily facility checks with proficiency.
  • Report issues as they arise to supervision in a timely manner.
  • Check parts out of the inventory system correctly and accurately.
  • Upload work orders into CMMS.
  • Meet with inbound team at the end of shift to communicate the current state of operations and mechanical issues.
  • Send report via email at the end of the shift outlining the day's performance and issues.

Requirements

  • Strong industrial electrical experience required.
  • Minimum of High School Diploma and 2+ years of Industrial Maintenance experience repairing and troubleshooting pneumatics, hydraulics, conveyors, 3-phase motors, variable speed drivers, and controls.
  • Ability to work with minimal supervision within a team environment.
  • Must have good practical sense working with and troubleshooting equipment problems.
  • Previous food manufacturing experience is preferred but NOT required.

Additional Information

  • This job operates in a production environment.
  • The employee is frequently exposed to facility elements such as noise, dust, fumes, and odors.
  • This role routinely uses standard office equipment such as computers, phones, photocopiers, and filing cabinets.

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. 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 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.

Similar openings near Smyrna, GA

Pay figures are medians computed from live postings in the Welding Pros index, not from survey data, and they move as employers post. Manufacturing Maintenance Technician (12hr Night shift) figures were last recalculated when this page was built.