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Overview

The Industrial Maintenance Technician Trainee is responsible for assisting in the maintenance and repair of mechanical equipment at water and wastewater facilities under the supervision of experienced staff. This role involves troubleshooting, preventative maintenance, and quality control to ensure operational efficiency and safety.

Responsibilities

  • Assist the Industrial Technician Maintenance staff in daily work schedules.
  • Attend pre-construction meetings and recommend changes in mechanical systems.
  • Troubleshoot problems and recommend corrective actions based on mechanical repair practices.
  • Perform preventative maintenance and corrective repair work on facilities and equipment.
  • Fabricate and machine repair parts for equipment.
  • Weld steel, brass, and aluminum.
  • Operate lathes, mill/drill presses, welders, and various metalworking tools.
  • Locate leaks and detect defects in equipment and machinery.
  • Monitor and validate work practices for quality control and safety standards.
  • Input and gather data from the SCADA system and run reports as necessary.

Requirements

  • High School diploma or GED.
  • Three years of experience in construction, maintenance, electrical, electronics, or process control.
  • Any equivalent combination of education, training, and experience.
  • Must possess and maintain a valid Georgia driver’s license.
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How this job compares in Decatur, GA

Pay in context

At roughly $24/hr, this posting comes in about 16% below the $29/hr median for welding jobs across Georgia, where the middle half runs $22–$37/hr across 169 postings with published pay. Put another way, it pays more than about 32% of the comparable postings we have wage data for. That gap is worth raising directly — in a market this size there is normally room to negotiate toward the median, particularly if you already hold the certifications the posting asks for.

The local market in Decatur, GA

Decatur, GA currently has 5 other active welding openings besides this one, spread across 5 employers. 1 of them was added in the last week. Across Georgia as a whole we're tracking 410 other active welding openings from 259 employers. That's enough local activity to be worth comparing two or three offers before committing. Browse every welding job in Decatur, or widen the search to Georgia.

The most active employers in Georgia at the moment, by number of open welding reqs, are Classic Collision (9), Southern Industrial Constructors, Inc. (7), and Yancey Bros. Co. (6). 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 Marietta at $39/hr, Forest Park at $39/hr, and Atlanta at $31/hr. If you can relocate or commute, that spread is worth factoring in.

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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. Industrial Maintenance Technician Trainee figures were last recalculated when this page was built.