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Overview

The Maintenance Tech II position involves performing preventative maintenance, troubleshooting, and repairs on equipment with minimal supervision, ensuring production and quality standards are met. The role includes mentoring junior technicians and overseeing projects related to facility maintenance.

Responsibilities

  • Perform preventive maintenance, routine inspections, and ad-hoc repairs on assigned equipment.
  • Troubleshoot and correct issues with out of service equipment, acting as an escalation point for lower level technicians.
  • Document all maintenance work in the computerized maintenance management system (CMMS) and maintain accurate records.
  • Mentor maintenance personnel in developing skills and knowledge of equipment.
  • Assist maintenance mechanics with tasks requiring two people or as operational needs demand.
  • Perform facility/building project work including light repairs and installations.
  • Assemble and test equipment to verify correct operation and analyze production delays.
  • Certify on all industrial lift equipment and oversee projects related to building efficiency.
  • Inspect and monitor routine maintenance provided by junior engineers.

Requirements

  • High school diploma or equivalent.
  • 5 years of experience with forklift, conveyor, and general equipment repair and maintenance.
  • Experience troubleshooting complex equipment.
  • Associates Degree in Mechatronics, Electrical Engineering Technology, Mechanical Engineering Technology, HVAC, or equivalent preferred.
  • Graduate of an apprenticeship program or hold current trade certification preferred.
  • Fundamental understanding of machinery/equipment preferred.
  • Basic skill level in multiple computer software packages including Microsoft Excel preferred.
  • Experience with inputs, outputs, and PLC logic systems preferred.
  • Ability to travel at least 10% of the time for business purposes.
  • Physical ability to perform essential functions of the position.

Benefits

  • Health Insurance
  • 401k
  • PTO

Additional Information

  • Must be able to stand for a minimum of 8 hours and up to 12 hours for up to 6 days a week.
  • Must be available for on-call requests as needed.

Benefits

Health Insurance
401k
PTO
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How this job compares in Midlothian, TX

Pay in context

At roughly $37/hr, this posting sits about 31% 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 77% 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 Midlothian, TX

Midlothian, TX currently has 8 other active welding openings besides this one, spread across 6 employers. 3 of them were added in the last week. Across Texas as a whole we're tracking 1,287 other active welding openings from 583 employers. That's enough local activity to be worth comparing two or three offers before committing. Browse every welding job in Midlothian, or widen the search to Texas.

Medline currently has 1 other opening live in Texas, which is usually a sign of either steady growth or steady turnover — worth asking which in the interview.

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.

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