Industrial Maintenance Technician
Location
Grand Rapids, MI
Employment Type
Full-time
Required Skills & Certifications
Posted on October 6, 2026
Location
Grand Rapids, MI
Employment Type
Full-time
Posted on October 6, 2026
PADNOS is a full-service recycling company handling paper, plastic, metals and electronic recycling. The Industrial Maintenance Technician plays a pivotal role in ensuring the smooth operation and upkeep of facilities, focusing on maintaining and repairing equipment to maximize productivity and safety.
This employer didn't publish a rate. For reference, welding jobs across Michigan currently run a median of $25/hr in our index, with the middle half of them falling between $22–$32/hr across 60 postings with published pay. That median is a reasonable floor to anchor on when a recruiter asks what you're looking for.
Grand Rapids, MI currently has 4 other active welding openings besides this one, spread across 3 employers. 1 of them was added in the last week. Across Michigan as a whole we're tracking 87 other active welding openings from 66 employers. That's enough local activity to be worth comparing two or three offers before committing. Browse every welding job in Grand Rapids, or widen the search to Michigan.
The most active employers in Michigan at the moment, by number of open welding reqs, are Welding Shop in Detroit, MI (7), Qualified Staffing (6), and Fabcon Precast (3). Volume like that usually means either a genuine expansion or a staffing agency working several client sites — worth knowing which before you apply.
This posting calls for TIG. TIG (GTAW) uses a non-consumable tungsten electrode with filler added by hand, giving the operator the most control of any process. It is slow, demanding, and the standard for stainless, aluminum, and anything where the bead has to look as good as it holds.
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 figures were last recalculated when this page was built.