Back to Jobs

Job Description

Overview

Golden State Foods is a leader in the food service industry, seeking a skilled Maintenance Mechanic for their Conyers, GA location on the 3rd shift. This role involves maintaining, troubleshooting, and repairing industrial food production equipment to ensure operational efficiency and safety.

Responsibilities

  • Install, maintain, and troubleshoot production equipment and support systems.
  • Respond quickly to breakdowns and equipment failures.
  • Perform repairs using power tools, welding equipment, test meters, and hand tools.
  • Work with PLCs, motor circuits, pneumatic/hydraulic systems, and electrical controls.
  • Dismantle, inspect, and replace parts on packaging lines, conveyors, and pumps.
  • Execute preventive maintenance per schedule using schematics, blueprints, or technical manuals.
  • Maintain detailed records of repairs and completed work orders.
  • Adhere to OSHA safety guidelines, Lockout/Tagout, and all GSF food safety protocols.
  • Assist fellow mechanics with heavy equipment or complex repairs.
  • Maintain a clean, safe, and organized maintenance shop.

Requirements

  • Prior experience or training in PLC/motor controls, industrial electrical, welding, refrigeration, or mechanical repair.
  • Ability to lift up to 100 lbs. and work in hot, wet, noisy environments.
  • Ability to read electrical diagrams, blueprints, and technical drawings.
  • Strong problem-solving, mechanical aptitude, and communication skills.

Benefits

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

Additional Information

  • Full-time position
  • 3rd Shift
  • Location: Conyers, GA

Benefits

Health Insurance
Dental
Vision
401k
PTO
Apply for This Position

How this job compares in Conyers, GA

Pay in context

At roughly $32/hr, this posting sits about 14% above the $28/hr median for welding jobs across Georgia — toward the top of a $22–$36/hr middle band drawn from 134 postings with published pay. Put another way, it pays more than about 68% 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 Conyers, GA

Conyers, GA currently has 8 other active welding openings besides this one, spread across 6 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 216 employers. That's enough local activity to be worth comparing two or three offers before committing. Browse every welding job in Conyers, 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.

Similar openings near Conyers, 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 Mechanic 3rd Shift figures were last recalculated when this page was built.