Job Description

Overview

This position is responsible for troubleshooting, repairing, maintaining, installing, and improving process and packaging equipment to maximize production while maintaining high safety and quality standards. The role also focuses on improving maintenance procedures and manufacturing processes.

Responsibilities

  • Observe all safety, sanitation, GMP, and HACCP requirements.
  • Troubleshoot and repair mechanical systems on equipment.
  • Demonstrate understanding of control systems, pumps, motors, HMIs, and PLCs on complex process and packaging equipment.
  • Perform various equipment preventive maintenance tasks as necessary.
  • Responsible for safety compliance personally and with equipment.
  • Review documentation for maintenance activity using the maintenance database.
  • Perform preventative maintenance tasks according to appropriate schedules and documentation.
  • Document maintenance activity using the maintenance CMMS and database.
  • Communicate maintenance issues to team members.
  • Use the maintenance inventory system and procedures.
  • Complete maintenance requests and technical projects.
  • Participate in process improvement initiatives.

Requirements

  • High School diploma or vocational training required.
  • Minimum 3 years of manufacturing experience; food manufacturing experience preferred.
  • Ability to read and interpret manuals, schematics, and technical diagrams.
  • Strong troubleshooting, analytical, and problem-solving skills.
  • Knowledge of LOTO, OSHA standards, CMMS systems (Maximo preferred), and Microsoft Office.
  • Strong teamwork, communication, and commitment to quality, accuracy, and continuous improvement.
  • Ability to work at heights up to 50 feet and lift up to 75 lbs regularly.
  • Ability to work in varying weather conditions, temperature extremes, and high-noise environments.

Benefits

  • Health Insurance

Additional Information

  • Working Hours: Wednesday from 12 am to 6 am, and from Thursday to Saturday from 6 pm to 6 am.
  • Competitive salary ($33.72 hourly).

Benefits

Health Insurance

How this job compares in Pennsauken, NJ

Pay in context

At roughly $34/hr, this posting lands within a few percent of the $33/hr median for welding jobs across New Jersey, whose middle half runs $29–$40/hr across 101 postings with published pay. Put another way, it pays more than about 55% of the comparable postings we have wage data for. In other words it is a market-rate offer, so benefits, overtime, and shift schedule are where the real difference between this and the next posting on the list shows up.

The local market in Pennsauken, NJ

Pennsauken, NJ is a small market in our index: 1 other active welding opening alongside this one, from 1 employer. Across New Jersey as a whole we're tracking 163 other active welding openings from 110 employers. With this few local postings, most welders here end up either commuting or looking at travel work. 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), Carvana (6), and DC Fabricators (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 and Delanco at $29/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. Mechanic, Electrical figures were last recalculated when this page was built.