Job Description

Overview

Trap Rock Industries is seeking a skilled Recycle Plant Mechanic to join the Keasbey Plant team under the Superintendent of Asphalt. This role is vital for maintaining the operational integrity of RAP plant equipment through scheduled maintenance, diagnostic repairs, and heavy-duty welding or cutting.

Responsibilities

  • Perform scheduled maintenance on RAP plant equipment, including lubrication of bearings, changing conveyor belts, and servicing motors.
  • Diagnose, dismantle, and repair machinery components such as crushing units, screen decks, and material handling systems.
  • Perform heavy-duty cutting, grinding, and welding to repair or reinforce hoppers, chutes, conveyors, and crusher liners.
  • Troubleshoot and repair hydraulic cylinders, pumps, hoses, and pneumatic tools.
  • Conduct daily inspections of equipment and structures to identify wear and tear, ensuring compliance with MSHA/OSHA safety standards.
  • Maintain service reports, log maintenance activities, and record spare parts usage in a computerized maintenance management system.

Requirements

  • Previous experience in the aggregate, construction, or asphalt industry is preferred.
  • Strong knowledge of industrial mechanical systems, including engines, gearboxes, and power transmissions.
  • Ability to diagnose mechanical malfunctions efficiently and independently.
  • Proficient in stick welding and torch cutting.
  • Strict adherence to safety protocols, including Lockout/Tag-out procedures.

Additional Information

  • Often requires shift work, long hours, and potential weekend work to accommodate production needs.
  • Heavy physical work, including bending, climbing, crouching, and lifting up to 100 pounds.
  • Frequently working outdoors, exposed to extreme temperatures, loud noises, dust, and heavy grease.

How this job compares in Woodbridge, NJ

Pay in context

This employer didn't publish a rate. For reference, welding jobs across New Jersey currently run a median of $33/hr in our index, with the middle half of them falling between $27–$40/hr across 102 postings with published pay. That median is a reasonable floor to anchor on when a recruiter asks what you're looking for.

The local market in Woodbridge, NJ

This is the only active welding job we're currently tracking in Woodbridge, 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 174 other active welding openings from 129 employers. Browse welding jobs across New Jersey.

The most active employers in New Jersey at the moment, by number of open welding reqs, are gpac (8), Valcor Engineering Corporation (6), and Xylem (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 Jersey, the best-paying metros we track by median hourly rate are South Plainfield at $38/hr and Cherry Hill at $31/hr. If you can relocate or commute, that spread is worth factoring in.

What you'll be running

This posting calls for Stick. Stick (SMAW) burns a flux-coated consumable rod and needs no shielding gas, so it works in wind, rain, and on dirty or rusted steel. That tolerance for bad conditions keeps it the default for field, structural, and repair work.

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