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Overview

Smurfit Westrock is a leader in sustainable packaging, dedicated to creating efficient paper and packaging solutions. The Maintenance Technician role involves maintaining and improving preprint manufacturing equipment to ensure safe and efficient production operations.

Responsibilities

  • Perform preventive, predictive, and corrective maintenance on preprint production equipment.
  • Troubleshoot and repair electrical, mechanical, pneumatic, hydraulic, and control system failures.
  • Support flexographic printing presses, unwind/rewind systems, laminators, slitters, and material handling equipment.
  • Diagnose root causes of equipment downtime and implement permanent corrective actions.
  • Perform alignment, bearing replacement, gearbox repair, conveyor maintenance, and drive system adjustments.
  • Troubleshoot PLC-controlled equipment, sensors, VFDs, motor controls, and industrial automation systems.
  • Complete work orders, PM documentation, and maintenance records accurately.
  • Follow Lockout/Tagout (LOTO), machine guarding, and all plant safety procedures.
  • Assist with installation, startup, and commissioning of new equipment.
  • Maintain housekeeping standards and support continuous improvement initiatives.

Requirements

  • High School Diploma or GED required.
  • 3+ years of industrial maintenance experience preferred.
  • Strong troubleshooting skills in industrial electrical systems, motors and motor controls, PLCs and automation, pneumatics and hydraulics, mechanical power transmission, conveyor systems, and printing press equipment.
  • Ability to read schematics, blueprints, and technical manuals.
  • Welding, fabrication, and machining experience preferred.
  • Proficiency with CMMS/work-order systems preferred.

Additional Information

  • Candidates are required to undergo a drug screening after receiving a conditional job offer, but before starting employment.
  • Qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, disability, protected veteran status or other characteristics protected by state or federal law.
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How this job compares in Lithia Springs, 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–$36/hr across 135 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 Lithia Springs, GA

We're tracking 12 other active welding openings in Lithia Springs, GA right now, from 8 different employers. 7 of them were added in the last week. Across Georgia as a whole we're tracking 371 other active welding openings from 216 employers. A metro this active generally means you have real leverage — employers here are competing for the same welders. Browse every welding job in Lithia Springs, or widen the search to Georgia.

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.

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