Job Description

Overview

The Building Maintenance Technician position involves repairing and maintaining various machinery and mechanical equipment, including conveyor systems, HVAC equipment, and electrical systems. The role requires hands-on experience in industrial or building maintenance and offers a competitive compensation package.

Responsibilities

  • Observe mechanical devices in operation to locate causes of trouble.
  • Dismantle devices to access and remove defective parts.
  • Examine parts to detect imperfections.
  • Inspect used parts for changes in dimensional requirements.
  • Adjust functional parts of devices and control instruments.
  • Repair or replace defective parts and install special parts in devices.
  • Lubricate and clean parts.
  • Start devices to test their performance.
  • Perform general maintenance tasks such as plumbing and carpentry.
  • Conduct preventative maintenance activities like coil cleaning and filter changes.

Requirements

  • Possess a high school degree or an approved GED.
  • A technical degree in Industrial Maintenance is preferred.
  • Minimum of three years experience in the Industrial or Building maintenance field.
  • Experience in supervision, planning/scheduling, and estimating is preferred.
  • Basic general computer skills are helpful.
  • Ability to read and interpret safety rules and maintenance instructions.
  • Ability to write routine reports and communicate effectively.

Benefits

  • Health Insurance
  • Vision
  • Dental
  • PTO

Additional Information

  • Requires working under stressful conditions or irregular hours.
  • Exposure to machines, chemicals, and solvents.
  • Ability to handle conflict and make decisions under pressure.

Benefits

Health Insurance
Vision
Dental
PTO

How this job compares in Atlanta, GA

Pay in context

At roughly $26/hr, this posting comes in about 16% below the $31/hr median for welding jobs in Atlanta, GA, where the middle half runs $25–$47/hr across 38 postings with published pay. Put another way, it pays more than about 29% 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 Atlanta, GA

We're tracking 99 other active welding openings in Atlanta, GA right now, from 73 different employers. 40 of them were added in the last week. Across Georgia as a whole we're tracking 410 other active welding openings from 259 employers. A metro this active generally means you have real leverage — employers here are competing for the same welders. Browse every welding job in Atlanta, 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. Atlanta is among them.

Similar openings near Atlanta, GA

Pay figures are medians computed from live postings in the Welding Pros index, not from survey data, and they move as employers post. Building Maintenance Technician figures were last recalculated when this page was built.