Job Description

Overview

The Industrial Maintenance Technician will perform repairs, preventive and corrective maintenance on production machinery and equipment at Altium Packaging. This role requires compliance with safety standards and the ability to work in a fast-paced production environment.

Responsibilities

  • Ensure compliance with corporate and plant safety standards and applicable laws.
  • Install, adjust and repair blow mold, trimmers, palletizer and other related equipment.
  • Perform mold, neck tooling changes, pin and other equipment changes.
  • Inspect and replace pneumatic and hydraulic hoses.
  • Inspect, rebuild and replace valves and pumps.
  • Perform preventive maintenance on all related equipment.
  • Maintain machines in optimal processing condition.
  • Weld, fabricate, and repair various machines.
  • Troubleshoot, locate root problems and repair blow mold, baggers & support equipment.
  • May operate blow mold or injection machines.
  • Communicate with other departments on a frequent basis.
  • Receive instructions on specific job tasks from Lead Industrial Maintenance Technician or Supervisor.
  • Perform other duties as assigned by management.

Requirements

  • Basic mathematical skills.
  • Basic computer skills.
  • Basic knowledge of pneumatics and hydraulics.
  • Excellent attention to detail.
  • 2+ years maintenance experience, specifically in the manufacturing industry (preferred).
  • High School diploma, GED, or equivalent education (preferred).
  • OSHA Forklift certification (preferred).

Benefits

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

Additional Information

  • Location: 4525 Joseph Hardin Drive, Dallas, Texas 75236.
  • Work Shift: 8hr-3rd Shift.
  • Reasonable mandatory overtime may be required due to business needs.

Benefits

Health Insurance
Dental
Vision
PTO
401k

How this job compares in Dallas, TX

Pay in context

This employer didn't publish a rate. For reference, welding jobs in Dallas, TX currently run a median of $35/hr in our index, with the middle half of them falling between $28–$39/hr across 48 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 Dallas, TX

We're tracking 130 other active welding openings in Dallas, TX right now, from 77 different employers. 57 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. A metro this active generally means you have real leverage — employers here are competing for the same welders. Browse every welding job in Dallas, or widen the search to Texas.

Altium Packaging 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.

Similar openings near Dallas, TX

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 Tech- 3rd Shift figures were last recalculated when this page was built.