Job Description

Overview

The Maintenance Mechanic at Hackensack Meridian Health is responsible for repairing and maintaining equipment and machinery at the Nutley Campus. The role emphasizes teamwork and collaboration to support the mission of transforming healthcare.

Responsibilities

  • Observe all mechanical equipment in operation.
  • Dismantle inoperative equipment, remove, and repair or replace defective parts.
  • Adjust functional parts of equipment and instrumentation.
  • Lubricate and clean mechanical parts.
  • Start mechanical equipment and test their performance.
  • Utilize electrical and mechanical tools, hand tools, ladders, scaffolds, lifts, gauges, meters, etc. to perform required work.
  • Handle all emergencies related to Plant Operations during off shifts.
  • Work any day or shift as needed.
  • Perform other duties of Plant Operations as required.
  • Use machine shop equipment to repair required mechanical parts.
  • Read blueprints or specifications in the performance of mechanic tasks.
  • Lift a minimum of 50 lbs., push and pull a minimum of 50 lbs., and stand a minimum of 8 hours a day.
  • Complete other duties and/or projects as assigned.
  • Adhere to HMH Organizational competencies and standards of behavior.

Requirements

  • High School diploma, GED, or other Vocational degrees/certificates.
  • Minimum of 3 years in related work.
  • Ability to stand, walk, reach most of the day and handle light and medium weight tools, objects, and equipment.
  • Ability to frequently move equipment up to 50 lbs., work on ladders and scaffolds.
  • Ability to work in changing conditions including dirt, dust, fumes, grease, water, steam, refrigerants, and various Plant Operational compounds.
  • Ability to work both indoors and outdoors.
  • Awareness of hazards such as cuts, bruises, strains, and falls.

Benefits

  • Health Insurance
  • Dental
  • Vision
  • PTO

Additional Information

  • Full-time position.
  • Day shift.
  • Located at Nutley Campus.

Benefits

Health Insurance
Dental
Vision
PTO

How this job compares in Nutley, NJ

Pay in context

At roughly $31/hr, this posting comes in about 12% below the $35/hr median for welding jobs across New Jersey, where the middle half runs $29–$40/hr across 114 postings with published pay. Put another way, it pays more than about 32% 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 Nutley, NJ

This is the only active welding job we're currently tracking in Nutley, NJ, which makes it worth moving on quickly — there is no local competing offer to weigh it against. Across New Jersey as a whole we're tracking 184 other active welding openings from 131 employers. Browse welding jobs across New Jersey.

The most active employers in New Jersey at the moment, by number of open welding reqs, are gpac (13), Phillips Tank & Structure (7), and Carvana (5). Volume like that usually means either a genuine expansion or a staffing agency working several client sites — worth knowing which before you apply.

Within New Jersey, the best-paying metros we track by median hourly rate are Northvale at $40/hr, Newark at $38/hr, and South Plainfield at $30/hr. If you can relocate or commute, that spread is worth factoring in.

Similar openings near Nutley, NJ

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, Nutley - Full Time - Day figures were last recalculated when this page was built.