Job Description

Overview

Shorr Packaging is seeking a Maintenance Technician for their Atlanta Division in College Park. The role involves installation, troubleshooting, repair, and routine maintenance of industrial packaging equipment, along with overall facility maintenance.

Responsibilities

  • Set up, install/assemble, test, adjust, and disassemble packaging equipment from various manufacturers using electrical and mechanical skills.
  • Build and maintain preventative maintenance programs for all packaging equipment onsite using manufacturer recommended guidelines.
  • Repair packaging equipment, which includes troubleshooting, determining extent of repair, estimating labor time, and completing repair parts requests.
  • Maintain records of all completed PMs across all equipment.
  • Maintain parts stock of most common wearables across all packaging equipment.
  • Complete facility maintenance requests including painting, picture hanging, toilet/sink repairs, and floor repair.
  • Follow all OSHA safety rules and keep work area clean.
  • Assist with training of packaging line operators to drive self-assessed troubleshooting where possible.
  • Assist with moving and crating of packaging equipment.
  • Attend manufacturers training/schools and acceptance tests as needed.
  • Operate machine tools when necessary in repairing or installing equipment.

Requirements

  • High school diploma or equivalent.
  • Minimum 3 years related experience required.
  • Training in industrial packaging equipment preferred.
  • Experience reading electrical/mechanical drawings and CAD drawings.
  • Electrical and mechanical skills.
  • Previous packaging equipment service experience preferred but not required.
  • Microsoft Office experience with emphasis on Outlook, Word, and Excel; Service Max experience is a benefit.
  • PLC programming knowledge preferred but not required.
  • Must be able to support multi-shift operation as needed.

Benefits

  • Employee Stock Ownership Plan (ESOP)
  • Health Insurance
  • Dental
  • Vision
  • PTO
  • 401k

Benefits

Employee Stock Ownership Plan (ESOP)
Health Insurance
Dental
Vision
PTO
401k

How this job compares in College Park, GA

Pay in context

At roughly $32/hr, this posting sits about 10% above the $29/hr median for welding jobs across Georgia — toward the top of a $22–$38/hr middle band drawn from 163 postings with published pay. Put another way, it pays more than about 63% 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 College Park, GA

College Park, GA is a small market in our index: 2 other active welding openings alongside this one, from 2 employers. Across Georgia as a whole we're tracking 401 other active welding openings from 255 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 (8), 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 College Park, GA

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