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Overview

The Industrial Maintenance Technician II is responsible for performing skilled maintenance, fabrication, overhaul, and repair of mechanical equipment in water and wastewater facilities. This role requires independent problem diagnosis and repair facilitation, ensuring adherence to safety standards.

Responsibilities

  • Review system designs, specifications, and products, and recommend changes in mechanical systems.
  • Troubleshoot problems and recommend corrective actions based on mechanical repair practices.
  • Perform preventative maintenance and corrective repair work on water/wastewater facilities and equipment.
  • Fabricate and machine repair parts for equipment and weld various materials.
  • Operate lathes, mill/drill presses, welders, and other metal working tools.
  • Locate leaks and detect defects in water/wastewater equipment and machinery.
  • Monitor and validate work practices for quality control and safety standards.
  • Train entry level crew members on safety methods and standards.
  • Input and gather data from the Supervisory Control Data Acquisition system (SCADA) and run reports as necessary.

Requirements

  • High school diploma or GED required.
  • Three years of experience in industrial maintenance, preferably in a water and/or wastewater treatment facility.
  • Any equivalent combination of education, training, and experience that provides the requisite knowledge, skills, and abilities.
  • Must possess and maintain a valid Georgia driver’s license.
  • Must obtain a State of Georgia CDL Class B License within six months of employment.

Additional Information

  • This classification is safety sensitive and subject to random drug testing.
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How this job compares in Decatur, GA

Pay in context

At roughly $29/hr, this posting lands within a few percent of the $28/hr median for welding jobs across Georgia, whose middle half runs $22–$36/hr across 134 postings with published pay. Put another way, it pays more than about 60% 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 Decatur, GA

Decatur, GA currently has 5 other active welding openings besides this one, spread across 4 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 371 other active welding openings from 217 employers. That's enough local activity to be worth comparing two or three offers before committing. Browse every welding job in Decatur, or widen the search to Georgia.

DeKalb County Government currently has 2 other openings 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 Classic Collision (10), Southern Industrial Constructors, Inc. (9), and JCB North America (9). 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 $31/hr. If you can relocate or commute, that spread is worth factoring in.

Similar openings near Decatur, GA

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