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Overview

The Maintenance Mechanic at Perrigo NY is responsible for maintenance and troubleshooting the mechanical aspects of manufacturing and packaging equipment and facilities in compliance with standard operating procedures. This position requires completing work orders, performing a variety of skilled maintenance activities, and working under little to general supervision.

Responsibilities

  • Complete daily Maintenance Tracker to inform Master Mechanic and/or supervisor when walk-throughs of designated areas are conducted.
  • Perform preventive maintenance to all packaging, compounding, and warehouse equipment.
  • Conduct repairs on packaging and compounding equipment as required.
  • Train production personnel in the proper use of equipment.
  • Set up, fine-tune, and troubleshoot equipment utilizing Root Cause Analysis methods.

Requirements

  • Five (5) years of hands-on mechanical experience with packaging equipment from a relevant manufacturing environment.
  • Successful completion of a recognized certification program in mechanical engineering, mechanical design, or troubleshooting.
  • OR three (3) years as a Perrigo Set Up Tech plus at least two years of completed education and active enrollment in a Mechanical/Industrial/Production/Electromechanical Engineering program.
  • Proficiency in Microsoft Office Applications, SAP, Automation/ELAU+, and CNC Operators experience.

Additional Information

  • This is a Union position.
  • The starting rate will be $29.00/hr.
  • Must be able to work rotational schedules and overtime as required.
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How this job compares in Bronx, NY

Pay in context

At roughly $29/hr, this posting comes in about 12% below the $33/hr median for welding jobs across New York, where the middle half runs $27–$41/hr across 99 postings with published pay. Put another way, it pays more than about 30% of the comparable postings we have wage data for. That gap is worth raising directly — in a market this size there is normally room to negotiate toward the median, particularly if you already hold the certifications the posting asks for.

The local market in Bronx, NY

Bronx, NY currently has 5 other active welding openings besides this one, spread across 3 employers. 2 of them were added in the last week. Across New York as a whole we're tracking 151 other active welding openings from 100 employers. That's enough local activity to be worth comparing two or three offers before committing. Browse every welding job in Bronx, or widen the search to New York.

The most active employers in New York at the moment, by number of open welding reqs, are Welding Shop in New York, NY (16), Alstom (4), and Metropolitan Transportation Authority (3). Volume like that usually means either a genuine expansion or a staffing agency working several client sites — worth knowing which before you apply.

Within New York, the best-paying metros we track by median hourly rate are New York at $41/hr and Brooklyn at $32/hr. If you can relocate or commute, that spread is worth factoring in.

Similar openings near Bronx, NY

Pay figures are medians computed from live postings in the Welding Pros index, not from survey data, and they move as employers post. 2nd Shift Maintenance Mechanic figures were last recalculated when this page was built.