Job Description

Overview

Join MAT HD, a leading company making heavy braking parts for different markets, specializing in brake parts for commercial vehicles. The company values quality and innovation and offers a challenging role in maintenance to enhance overall performance.

Responsibilities

  • Efficiently repairs machinery through careful planning and exceptional attention to detail.
  • Proactively assesses all machinery to identify repair needs before any breakdowns occur.
  • Provides experienced guidance during the troubleshooting process for repairs.
  • Continuously evaluates opportunities for improving efficiency and reducing costs.
  • Collaborates with all operations and warehouse areas to prioritize actions.
  • Regularly assesses repair tools and equipment to maintain excellent working conditions.
  • Proactively performs maintenance procedures to ensure machinery operates efficiently.
  • Effectively works and coordinates with all employees, including Engineering, Purchasing, and Production.
  • Works with external vendors and contractors for maintenance and repair.
  • Collaborates closely with other maintenance team members for training and coaching.
  • Continuously reviews existing preventative maintenance processes for improvement.
  • Provides expert technical support.
  • Performs additional duties as assigned by Supervisor and/or Team Lead.

Requirements

  • High school diploma required, 2 years of college preferred.
  • 6+ years of maintenance experience.
  • Proficient in electrical and mechanical skills, including pneumatic, hydraulic, welding, and fabrication.
  • Knowledge and understanding of metal fabrication equipment is required.
  • Must be willing to submit to a background check, employment verification, and drug screen.
  • Strong attention to detail is required.
  • Must have organizational, computer, and leadership skills.
  • Specific vision abilities required include close vision, distance vision, and depth perception.
  • Required to lift heavy objects up to 75 pounds with assistance.

Benefits

  • Health Insurance
  • Dental
  • Vision
  • PTO
  • 401k

Additional Information

  • Shift: Monday - Thursday, 3:00 pm—1:30 am.
  • Eligible for overtime pay.
  • Weekly Pay.
  • Direct Deposit.
  • $1000 sign-on bonus after 120 days of full-time employment.
  • Complete benefits package after 60 days of employment.

Benefits

Health Insurance
Dental
Vision
PTO
401k

How this job compares in Dallas, TX

Pay in context

This employer didn't publish a rate. For reference, welding jobs in Dallas, TX currently run a median of $35/hr in our index, with the middle half of them falling between $27–$39/hr across 47 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 Dallas, TX

We're tracking 121 other active welding openings in Dallas, TX right now, from 78 different employers. 54 of them were added in the last week. Across Texas as a whole we're tracking 1,395 other active welding openings from 682 employers. A metro this active generally means you have real leverage — employers here are competing for the same welders. Browse every welding job in Dallas, or widen the search to Texas.

The most active employers in Texas at the moment, by number of open welding reqs, are Welding Shop in Austin, TX (26), Zachry Group (25), and Austin Industries (25). Volume like that usually means either a genuine expansion or a staffing agency working several client sites — worth knowing which before you apply.

Within Texas, the best-paying metros we track by median hourly rate are Burleson at $40/hr, La Porte at $38/hr, and Midlothian at $38/hr. If you can relocate or commute, that spread is worth factoring in.

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