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Overview

Oerlikon is seeking a Maintenance Technician for their Westbury, NY facility. The role involves performing maintenance and repairs on mechanical and electrical equipment, troubleshooting machine operations, and supporting preventative maintenance schedules.

Responsibilities

  • Support the Equipment Operations production Equipment in Machine shop and Assembly.
  • Perform maintenance on all mechanical and electrical equipment.
  • Responsible for preventative maintenance on all equipment.
  • Familiar with all mechanical tools, torque wrenches, bearing heaters, and voltmeter.
  • Conduct balancing and inspection skills.

Requirements

  • Technical degree in Mechanical or Electrical engineering.
  • 2-4 years of experience.
  • Able to read blueprints and schematics.
  • Aptitude with tools and shop mathematics.
  • Ability to perform machine maintenance and repair.
  • Ability to troubleshoot and resolve machine operation (Mechanical/Electrical) issues.
  • Knowledge of manual and CNC machines maintenance including multi-axis and/or Swiss.
  • Conduct HSE/5S/Safety inspections and audits as requested.
  • Develop processes and procedures for machine maintenance.
  • Track and report all maintenance issues and order MRO.

Benefits

  • Health Insurance
  • Dental
  • Vision
  • 401k
  • PTO

Benefits

Health Insurance
Dental
Vision
401k
PTO
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How this job compares in Westbury, NY

Pay in context

At roughly $36/hr, this posting lands within a few percent of the $35/hr median for welding jobs across New York, whose middle half runs $28–$42/hr across 109 postings with published pay. Put another way, it pays more than about 55% 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 Westbury, NY

Westbury, 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 165 other active welding openings from 107 employers. That's enough local activity to be worth comparing two or three offers before committing. Browse every welding job in Westbury, or widen the search to New York.

Oerlikon currently has 2 other openings live in New York, which is usually a sign of either steady growth or steady turnover — worth asking which in the interview.

The most active employers in New York at the moment, by number of open welding reqs, are Welding Shop in New York, NY (16), Metropolitan Transportation Authority (8), and Veterans Health Administration (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 New York, the best-paying metros we track by median hourly rate are Bronx at $43/hr, New York at $40/hr, and Brooklyn at $40/hr. If you can relocate or commute, that spread is worth factoring in.

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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. Maintenance Tech figures were last recalculated when this page was built.