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Overview

Superior Skilled Trades is hiring an experienced Industrial Maintenance Technician/Millwright for a direct opportunity in Hackettstown, NJ. This role involves maintaining, troubleshooting, and upgrading industrial food manufacturing equipment to ensure safe and efficient production.

Responsibilities

  • Maintain and repair industrial equipment including fryers, ovens, packaging machinery, conveyors, boilers, burners, compressors, and control systems.
  • Perform preventive maintenance and respond to emergency breakdowns.
  • Troubleshoot mechanical, electrical, hydraulic, pneumatic, and other equipment issues.
  • Install, commission, modify, and upgrade new and existing equipment.
  • Perform welding, fabrication, machining, plumbing, HVAC, and general millwright work as needed.
  • Assist with PLC troubleshooting and control system issues.
  • Maintain tools, spare parts, and maintenance inventory.
  • Work closely with Production and Quality teams to minimize downtime.
  • Coordinate with outside vendors when specialized support is required.
  • Follow all safety, GMP, USDA, SQF, PPE, and Lockout/Tagout requirements.

Requirements

  • 5+ years of industrial maintenance or related technical experience.
  • Strong mechanical troubleshooting and problem-solving skills.
  • Experience with several of the following: millwright, welding, machining, fabrication, electrical, PLCs, hydraulics, pneumatics, HVAC, plumbing, or compressed air systems.
  • Strong understanding of industrial tools, machinery, and maintenance practices.
  • Ability to safely work around large, complex industrial equipment.
  • Strong communication and teamwork skills.
  • Basic computer skills, including email, Word, and Excel.
  • Ability to work onsite in Hackettstown, NJ.

Benefits

  • Health Insurance
  • Dental
  • Vision

Additional Information

  • Schedule: Monday – Friday 9pm – 7am
  • Location: Hackettstown, NJ

Benefits

Health Insurance
Dental
Vision
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How this job compares in Hackettstown, NJ

Pay in context

At roughly $43/hr, this posting sits about 29% above the $33/hr median for welding jobs across New Jersey — toward the top of a $30–$40/hr middle band drawn from 52 postings with published pay. Put another way, it pays more than about 87% 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 Hackettstown, NJ

This is the only active welding job we're currently tracking in Hackettstown, NJ, which makes it worth moving on quickly — there is no local competing offer to weigh it against. Across New Jersey as a whole we're tracking 89 other active welding openings from 66 employers. Browse welding jobs across New Jersey.

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