Multi-craft Maintenance Tech
Location
Springfield, MO
Wage
$25.84/hr
Employment Type
Full-time
Posted on October 5, 2026
Location
Springfield, MO
Wage
$25.84/hr
Employment Type
Full-time
Posted on October 5, 2026
Smurfit Westrock is a leader in sustainable packaging, dedicated to creating efficient and scalable paper and packaging solutions. As an entry level multi craft Maintenance Technician, you will support the safe and reliable operation of automated industrial equipment by troubleshooting, repairing, and maintaining electrical and mechanical systems.
At roughly $26/hr, this posting lands within a few percent of the $24/hr median for welding jobs across Missouri, whose middle half runs $23–$28/hr across 53 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.
Springfield, MO currently has 4 other active welding openings besides this one, spread across 4 employers. 1 of them was added in the last week. Across Missouri as a whole we're tracking 86 other active welding openings from 55 employers. That's enough local activity to be worth comparing two or three offers before committing. Browse every welding job in Springfield, or widen the search to Missouri.
The most active employers in Missouri at the moment, by number of open welding reqs, are QPS Employment Group (8), Welding Shop in Kansas City, MO (6), and Leonardo DRS (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 Missouri, the best-paying metros we track by median hourly rate are Saint Charles at $26/hr and Kansas City at $26/hr. If you can relocate or commute, that spread is worth factoring in.
Pay figures are medians computed from live postings in the Welding Pros index, not from survey data, and they move as employers post. Multi-craft Maintenance Tech figures were last recalculated when this page was built.