Industrial Maintenance Mechanic
Location
Lithonia, GA
Wage
$25 – $38/hr
Employment Type
Full-time
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Posted on September 14, 2026
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
How this job compares in Lithonia, GA
Pay in context
At roughly $32/hr, this posting lands within a few percent of the $29/hr median for welding jobs across Georgia, whose middle half runs $22–$37/hr across 169 postings with published pay. Put another way, it pays more than about 61% of the comparable postings we have wage data for. In other words it is a market-rate offer, so benefits, overtime, and shift schedule are where the real difference between this and the next posting on the list shows up.
The local market in Lithonia, GA
Lithonia, GA currently has 3 other active welding openings besides this one, spread across 3 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 Lithonia, 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 Mechanic figures were last recalculated when this page was built.