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Overview

Clorox is seeking a qualified candidate for a Maintenance Mechanic position at their Atlanta Main facility, which uses automated packaging equipment to manufacture and distribute Home Care and Laundry products. The role requires hands-on skills to support and repair various mechanical and electrical systems in a fast-paced manufacturing environment.

Responsibilities

  • Proactively support, troubleshoot, analyze, and repair equipment to prevent process failures.
  • Provide support to plant operations through preventative maintenance and repairs.
  • Drive the execution of maintenance activities by performing inspections and work orders.
  • Support planning of maintenance activities and lead root cause analysis.
  • Track time, document work completed, and communicate effectively with team members.
  • Collaborate with project teams and vendors to sustain new equipment assets.
  • Perform all work following OSHA and Clorox safety standards.
  • Demonstrate initiative and ownership in addressing problems without supervision.
  • Utilize hand tools, power tools, and shop equipment for repairs.
  • Read and update technical manuals and drawings.
  • Understand and support mechanical drive systems and various pump types.
  • Learn and use computer software to perform maintenance tasks.

Requirements

  • Industrial maintenance experience with automated packaging equipment is highly desirable.
  • Hands-on work experience with hand tools, power tools, and welding equipment is preferred.
  • Successful completion of a two-year college curriculum in technical areas or vocational school certificates is required.
  • Experience related to troubleshooting PLCs, HMIs, and Automation Devices is highly desirable.
  • Ability to organize work area to 5S standards.
  • Must have or develop an elevated level of understanding of Progressive Maintenance.
  • Ability to stand, walk, and move throughout the production area for extended periods.
  • Manual dexterity for handling tools, parts, and machinery components is required.

Benefits

  • 401k
  • Health Insurance

Additional Information

  • Shift: 12hr, operating in a 2-2-3 schedule.
  • Comfortable working in a manufacturing environment with varying temperatures and noise levels.

Benefits

401k
Health Insurance
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How this job compares in Forest Park, GA

Pay in context

At roughly $36/hr, this posting lands within a few percent of the $39/hr median for welding jobs in Forest Park, GA, whose middle half runs $36–$40/hr across 8 postings with published pay. Put another way, it pays more than about 25% 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 Forest Park, GA

Forest Park, GA currently has 9 other active welding openings besides this one, spread across 5 employers. 3 of them were added in the last week. Across Georgia as a whole we're tracking 410 other active welding openings from 260 employers. That's enough local activity to be worth comparing two or three offers before committing. Browse every welding job in Forest Park, or widen the search to Georgia.

The Clorox Company currently has 5 other openings live in Georgia, which is usually a sign of either steady growth or steady turnover — worth asking which in the interview.

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. Forest Park is among them.

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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. Maintenance Mechanic-12hr (6am-6pm) figures were last recalculated when this page was built.