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Overview

The Industrial Maintenance Mechanic position at WM involves maintaining and repairing plant equipment to ensure smooth operations. WM is committed to providing a stable and supportive work environment focused on employee growth and sustainability.

Responsibilities

  • Conduct preventive maintenance inspections and diagnose, repair, and rebuild major equipment and components.
  • Maintain the Daily Equipment Inspections backlog.
  • Adjust work procedures to meet production schedules and inform the Sr. Plant Maintenance Manager of additional work needs.
  • Inspect the quality of third-party repairs and rebuilds.
  • Recommend improvements to enhance production, equipment performance, and product quality.
  • Multitask and manage multiple priorities efficiently.
  • Respond to emergency breakdown service calls.
  • Perform work with limited supervision while maintaining high performance standards.
  • Maintain a clean, safe work area in compliance with Corporate/OSHA standards.

Requirements

  • 2 years of relevant work experience.
  • Be over 18 years of age.
  • Legally eligible to work in the United States.
  • Ability to perform physical requirements of the position with or without reasonable accommodations.
  • Successfully complete and pass pre-employment drug screen and physical.

Benefits

  • Health Insurance
  • Dental
  • Vision
  • 401k

Additional Information

  • Monday – Friday work schedule.
  • Stable hours for financial security and work-life balance.

Benefits

Health Insurance
Dental
Vision
401k
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How this job compares in Alpharetta, GA

Pay in context

At roughly $29/hr, this posting lands within a few percent of the $28/hr median for welding jobs across Georgia, whose middle half runs $22–$36/hr across 135 postings with published pay. Put another way, it pays more than about 53% 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.

The local market in Alpharetta, GA

Alpharetta, GA currently has 9 other active welding openings besides this one, spread across 7 employers. 5 of them were added in the last week. Across Georgia as a whole we're tracking 361 other active welding openings from 211 employers. That's enough local activity to be worth comparing two or three offers before committing. Browse every welding job in Alpharetta, or widen the search to Georgia.

The most active employers in Georgia at the moment, by number of open welding reqs, are Classic Collision (12), 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 Alpharetta, GA

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 Mechanic figures were last recalculated when this page was built.