Job Description

Overview

Hikma Pharmaceuticals USA Inc. is seeking a talented and motivated Mechanic I for Water Systems on the 2nd shift, responsible for the operation and maintenance of high purity water systems and related equipment.

Responsibilities

  • Regular and predictable onsite attendance and punctuality.
  • Monitor and perform operations of high purity water system including all critical parameters on SCADA system.
  • Troubleshoots, repairs, and performs preventive maintenance on all water system equipment in compliance with existing SOPs.
  • Perform all piping repairs on water systems including potable, plant steam, pretreatment, DI, WFI and clean steam.
  • Preventive maintenance and repair work orders necessary to maintain the water system and facilities.
  • Filter change out PM’s and filter integrity testing PM's.
  • Perform all other duties as assigned by management personnel.
  • Troubleshooting WFI system problems and reacting to system failures.

Requirements

  • High School diploma or its equivalent.
  • Two (2) years general facilities maintenance experience.

Additional Information

  • Work schedule is Tuesday - Saturday.
  • Location: Cherry Hill, NJ.

How this job compares in Cherry Hill, NJ

Pay in context

At roughly $26/hr, this posting comes in about 21% below the $33/hr median for welding jobs across New Jersey, where the middle half runs $28–$40/hr across 101 postings with published pay. Put another way, it pays more than about 18% of the comparable postings we have wage data for. That gap is worth raising directly — in a market this size there is normally room to negotiate toward the median, particularly if you already hold the certifications the posting asks for.

The local market in Cherry Hill, NJ

Cherry Hill, NJ 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 Jersey as a whole we're tracking 174 other active welding openings from 129 employers. That's enough local activity to be worth comparing two or three offers before committing. Browse every welding job in Cherry Hill, or widen the search to New Jersey.

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. Cherry Hill is among them.

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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. Mechanic I, Water Systems - 2nd Shift figures were last recalculated when this page was built.