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Overview

WEG Electric Corp. is seeking a Paint Technician to join their team in Duluth, GA. The role involves preparing and painting industrial gearboxes and motors, ensuring a professional finish and proper handling of products.

Responsibilities

  • Mask, clean, and prepare industrial gearboxes and electric motors for painting.
  • Hang product on paint racks or overhead conveyors in a safe and appropriate manner.
  • Mix paints and primers following correct procedures for each type, prepare painting guns and equipment.
  • Paint product with a professional looking finish.
  • Stage painted product in an appropriate method to allow proper drying before packing.
  • Provide some assistance with packing of product for shipping.
  • Perform other duties and tasks as assigned.

Requirements

  • High School diploma or GED preferred.
  • 1 - 2 years in an industrial or automotive painting environment preferred.
  • Moderate knowledge of industrial liquid paint booth equipment operation.
  • Moderate knowledge of paint preparation procedures.
  • Basic knowledge of forklift operation (on site certification will be required).
  • Basic knowledge of packing and crating of products both corrugated and wooden cartons.
  • Moderate knowledge and ability to use manual and power tools.
  • Moderate understanding of paint booth safety procedures.
  • Basic understanding of and ability to follow company safety procedures.
  • Basic knowledge of inventory control procedures preferred.
  • Basic knowledge of Microsoft Excel and Outlook preferred.

Additional Information

  • Location: Duluth, GA.
  • Candidates must be authorized to work in the United States without sponsorship.
  • WEG does not offer visa sponsorship for this role.
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How this job compares in Duluth, GA

Pay in context

This employer didn't publish a rate. For reference, welding jobs across Georgia currently run a median of $28/hr in our index, with the middle half of them falling between $22–$37/hr across 138 postings with published pay. That median is a reasonable floor to anchor on when a recruiter asks what you're looking for.

The local market in Duluth, GA

Duluth, GA currently has 7 other active welding openings besides this one, spread across 6 employers. 3 of them were added in the last week. Across Georgia as a whole we're tracking 358 other active welding openings from 228 employers. That's enough local activity to be worth comparing two or three offers before committing. Browse every welding job in Duluth, or widen the search to Georgia.

WEG 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.

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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. Paint Technician figures were last recalculated when this page was built.