Job Description

Overview

Brenntag is seeking a Maintenance Operator to oversee the performance and maintenance of large production machinery. The role involves performing preventive maintenance, cleaning, repairing machines, and collaborating with management on machinery modifications.

Responsibilities

  • Performs preventive maintenance inspections and service on machines.
  • Thoroughly cleans machines and machine parts, removing parts and reinstalling as necessary.
  • Oils and lubricates moving parts on machines to ensure effective performance.
  • Records and reports damaged, worn, or broken parts.
  • Orders and installs replacement parts for machines.
  • Identifies the causes of unexpected breakdowns of machines.
  • Repairs machines quickly and efficiently.
  • Prepares reports documenting work performed.
  • Cleans, organizes, inventories, stocks, and otherwise maintains shop areas, parts, tools, and supplies.
  • Coordinates with managers to schedule regular maintenance on machines.
  • Collaborates with product manager or plant engineer regarding new products being added and modifications that will be required.
  • Makes necessary modifications and implements tests runs; confers with product manager regarding test results and makes additional alterations to machinery as required.
  • Performs other related duties as assigned.

Requirements

  • Some vocational or equivalent experience preferred.
  • At least 10 years experience working in a manufacturing environment.
  • Mechanically inclined with great problem-solving skills.
  • Works well independently and with others.
  • Good communication skills.
  • Organized with attention to detail.
  • Ability to work in a fast-paced and stressful environment.

Benefits

  • Paid parental leave
  • Education assistance program
  • Employee assistance program
  • Health Insurance
  • 401k

Benefits

Paid parental leave
Education assistance program
Employee assistance program
Health Insurance
401k

How this job compares in East Point, GA

Pay in context

This employer didn't publish a rate. For reference, welding jobs across Georgia currently run a median of $29/hr in our index, with the middle half of them falling between $22–$37/hr across 170 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 East Point, GA

East Point, 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 410 other active welding openings from 259 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 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.

Similar openings near East Point, GA

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