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Signode

Maintenance Technician II

Location

Douglasville, GA

Wage

$35 – $38/hr

Employment Type

Full-time

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Posted on September 24, 2026

Job Description

Overview

Signode is a leading manufacturer of transit packaging solutions with over $2B in revenue and 80+ manufacturing facilities worldwide. The Maintenance Technician II role focuses on ensuring efficient production operations and servicing complex equipment.

Responsibilities

  • Perform troubleshooting and repair on electrical/electronic, hydraulic, pneumatic mechanical systems.
  • Analyze, troubleshoot, and repair equipment.
  • Read, analyze and interpret technical procedures, blueprints, service manuals, and work orders.
  • Check and inspect assigned equipment during preventative maintenance and report findings.
  • Perform corrections on electrical issues through knowledge of drives and PLCs.
  • Ensure machine productivity and quality after repairs and changeovers.
  • Complete work orders and update maintenance tracking system.
  • Respond quickly to issues that may put employees at risk for injury.
  • Communicate existing and potential issues with group leaders and maintenance manager.

Requirements

  • Minimum High School diploma or GED and mechanical apprenticeship and/or vocational school/technology certificate in mechanic.
  • Five (5) years of mechanical technical hands-on experience.
  • Ability to read and use schematics, gauges, tools and instruments.
  • Ability to use appropriate hand, power and specialty tools and diagnostic equipment.
  • Sound knowledge and experience in Industrial Maintenance environment.
  • Experience in welding with MIG and/or arc welder.
  • Good working knowledge in hydraulic, pneumatic, pumps, valves, cylinders, conveyors.
  • Forklifts and scissor lift driving experience is preferred.

Benefits

  • Health Insurance
  • Dental
  • Vision
  • 401k
  • PTO

Additional Information

  • Shift: 7pm to 7am, Monday - Thursday 12hr days one week, then Monday - Wednesday 12hr days the next week.

Benefits

Health Insurance
Dental
Vision
401k
PTO
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How this job compares in Douglasville, GA

Pay in context

At roughly $37/hr, this posting sits about 30% above the $28/hr median for welding jobs across Georgia — toward the top of a $22–$37/hr middle band drawn from 134 postings with published pay. Put another way, it pays more than about 74% 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 Douglasville, GA

Douglasville, GA currently has 3 other active welding openings besides this one, spread across 3 employers. None of them were added in the last week, so this is a slower-moving market. Across Georgia as a whole we're tracking 350 other active welding openings from 224 employers. That's enough local activity to be worth comparing two or three offers before committing. Browse every welding job in Douglasville, or widen the search to Georgia.

Signode currently has 1 other opening 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 Southern Industrial Constructors, Inc. (9), JCB North America (8), and Classic Collision (8). 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 $42/hr, Forest Park at $36/hr, and Atlanta at $30/hr. If you can relocate or commute, that spread is worth factoring in.

What you'll be running

This posting calls for MIG. MIG (GMAW) feeds a continuous wire electrode through a shielding-gas nozzle. It lays down metal fast and is forgiving on clean material, which is why it dominates production and light fabrication work.

Similar openings near Douglasville, 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 II figures were last recalculated when this page was built.