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Job Description

Overview

Cooper Norcross Health is a leading academic health system in Camden, New Jersey, with a focus on providing high-quality healthcare services. The Maintenance Mechanic I role involves performing various maintenance duties under the direction of the Maintenance Supervisor.

Responsibilities

  • Perform a variety of general maintenance duties including HVAC, plumbing, and basic electrical repairs.
  • Repair and overhaul equipment and facilities of the Hospital.
  • Ensure compliance with all Hospital policies and procedures regarding quality assurance, safety, environmental and infectious control, and regulatory requirements.

Requirements

  • 1 year work experience demonstrating the ability to perform the major functions of this job.
  • Basic understanding of the craft and mechanical trades employed by the hospital.
  • High school diploma or GED.
  • Experience with personal computers, electronic instruments, and testing equipment.
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How this job compares in Camden, 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 Camden, NJ

Camden, NJ currently has 3 other active welding openings besides this one, spread across 2 employers. 2 of them were added in the last week. Across New Jersey as a whole we're tracking 174 other active welding openings from 130 employers. That's enough local activity to be worth comparing two or three offers before committing. Browse every welding job in Camden, or widen the search to New Jersey.

Cooper Norcross Health currently has 1 other opening live in New Jersey, which is usually a sign of either steady growth or steady turnover — worth asking which in the interview.

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.

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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 MECHANIC I figures were last recalculated when this page was built.