Job Description

Overview

The Maintenance Mechanic is responsible for maintaining and repairing facility systems and manufacturing equipment, troubleshooting mechanical issues, and improving manufacturing processes. This role develops preventive maintenance programs, supports production operations, and promotes equipment reliability and workplace safety.

Responsibilities

  • Install, align, dismantle, relocate, maintain, and repair manufacturing machinery and equipment.
  • Read and interpret blueprints, diagrams, schematics, and equipment manuals to determine work procedures.
  • Inspect equipment, identify malfunctions, troubleshoot issues, and repair or replace defective components.
  • Maintain power transmission, vacuum, hydraulic, and pneumatic systems, as well as programmable logic controls (PLCs).
  • Operate machine tools, including lathes and grinders, to fabricate parts for equipment repairs, overhauls, and setups.
  • Perform routine maintenance, cleaning, lubrication, and equipment inspections.
  • Develop and implement a Total Productive Maintenance (TPM) program, including ISO documentation and detailed preventive maintenance schedules for each machine.
  • Apply predictive maintenance techniques and implement a computerized maintenance management system (CMMS) to support maintenance planning, execution, and reporting.
  • Maintain machine-specific spare parts lists and manage parts ordering, inventory, and control.
  • Identify and implement projects to improve equipment performance and operator efficiency.
  • Provide basic equipment operation and maintenance training to production operators.
  • Respond promptly to maintenance requests from production operators and supervisors.
  • Identify and correct safety concerns while following established safety policies and procedures.
  • Comply with ISO 9001 and ISO 14001 policies and procedures.

Requirements

  • Two-year vocational training or an associate degree in a related field.
  • Previous training on applicable manufacturing machinery.
  • Training and experience reading and interpreting machinery blueprints and manuals.
  • Experience developing and improving preventive maintenance plans.
  • Hands-on experience performing preventive maintenance on applicable machinery.
  • Demonstrated ability to troubleshoot equipment malfunctions and perform repairs.
  • Fluent in English, both written and verbal.

Benefits

  • Health Insurance
  • Dental
  • Vision
  • Life Insurance
  • Short-Term Disability
  • Long-Term Disability
  • 401k

Additional Information

  • Location: Irving, TX
  • Pay: $30–$35 per hour
  • Schedule: 1st Shift | 5:30 AM – 3:30 PM
  • Work Arrangement: On-site Manufacturing/Plant Environment

Benefits

Health Insurance
Dental
Vision
Life Insurance
Short-Term Disability
Long-Term Disability
401k

How this job compares in Irving, TX

Pay in context

At roughly $33/hr, this posting sits about 16% above the $28/hr median for welding jobs across Texas — toward the top of a $23–$36/hr middle band drawn from 439 postings with published pay. Put another way, it pays more than about 64% 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 Irving, TX

We're tracking 19 other active welding openings in Irving, TX right now, from 13 different employers. 6 of them were added in the last week. Across Texas as a whole we're tracking 1,287 other active welding openings from 582 employers. A metro this active generally means you have real leverage — employers here are competing for the same welders. Browse every welding job in Irving, or widen the search to Texas.

The most active employers in Texas at the moment, by number of open welding reqs, are Austin Industries (35), Welding Shop in Austin, TX (25), and Zachry Group (22). Volume like that usually means either a genuine expansion or a staffing agency working several client sites — worth knowing which before you apply.

Within Texas, the best-paying metros we track by median hourly rate are Abernathy at $45/hr, Arlington at $40/hr, and Pasadena at $37/hr. If you can relocate or commute, that spread is worth factoring in.

Similar openings near Irving, TX

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