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Job Description

Overview

Packaging Corporation of America (PCA) is a Fortune 500 company focused on providing innovative packaging solutions. The Industrial Maintenance Mechanic position involves performing maintenance tasks on plant equipment in Lithonia, GA.

Responsibilities

  • Diagnose, repair, rebuild, or replace mechanical, electrical, hydraulic, and pneumatic systems on plant equipment.
  • Perform preventive maintenance activities and respond to breakdown calls in a production environment.
  • Work as part of a team to ensure safe operations.

Requirements

  • 2+ years of experience in troubleshooting and repairing industrial machinery.
  • A technical degree in the mechanical or electrical trades is a plus.
  • Authorized to work in the US.
  • Experience in the corrugated packaging industry is a plus.

Benefits

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

Additional Information

  • Position based at the PCA Box Plant located in Lithonia, GA.
  • Technicians supply their own basic hand tools; PCA provides a tool stipend and all special and heavy tools.
  • The production schedule is 3 shifts, with placements based on plant needs and seniority.

Benefits

401k
Health Insurance
Dental
Vision
PTO
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How this job compares in Lithonia, GA

Pay in context

At roughly $32/hr, this posting sits about 13% above the $28/hr median for welding jobs across Georgia — toward the top of a $23–$33/hr middle band drawn from 111 postings with published pay. Put another way, it pays more than about 70% of the comparable postings we have wage data for. Pay that far above local median usually comes attached to something: a harder cert requirement, travel, night shift, or overtime that isn't really optional. Worth establishing which before you accept.

The local market in Lithonia, GA

Lithonia, GA is a small market in our index: 1 other active welding opening alongside this one, from 1 employer. Across Georgia as a whole we're tracking 348 other active welding openings from 209 employers. With this few local postings, most welders here end up either commuting or looking at travel work. Browse welding jobs across Georgia.

The most active employers in Georgia at the moment, by number of open welding reqs, are Southern Industrial Constructors, Inc. (11), Classic Collision (10), and Gerber Collision & Glass (9). 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 $34/hr, Kennesaw at $32/hr, and Marietta at $30/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 Mechanic figures were last recalculated when this page was built.