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Job Description

Overview

The Journeyman Support Equipment position at MARTA involves performing routine and preventive maintenance and repair of buildings and support equipment, including inspections and mechanical repairs. The role requires a combination of technical skills and experience in facilities maintenance.

Responsibilities

  • Performs routine and preventive maintenance and repair of MARTA buildings and support equipment.
  • Performs repairs of fire lines, fans, pumps, and other support equipment located in rail tunnels.
  • Uses a variety of tools such as jack hammers, generators, drills, compressors and/or other tools as assigned.
  • Performs other related duties as assigned.

Requirements

  • High School diploma or equivalent.
  • Four years of directly related work experience in facilities maintenance and repair.
  • Familiarity with standard concepts, practices, and procedures of carpentry, structural repair and maintenance.
  • Must possess and maintain a current, valid State of Georgia issued CDL license (Class A) or Commercial Driver Learner’s Permit (Class A).
  • A minimum of two years driving experience with specific driving record requirements.

Additional Information

  • This posting is to fill the current vacancy and to establish an eligibility list for future vacancies.
  • MARTA is a Drug Free Workplace and participation in the Drug & Alcohol Program is a condition of employment.
  • This position has been identified as SAFETY SENSITIVE.
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How this job compares in Atlanta, GA

Pay in context

At roughly $28/hr, this posting comes in about 10% below the $31/hr median for welding jobs in Atlanta, GA, where the middle half runs $26–$40/hr across 42 postings with published pay. Put another way, it pays more than about 36% 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 Atlanta, GA

We're tracking 102 other active welding openings in Atlanta, GA right now, from 72 different employers. 43 of them were added in the last week. Across Georgia as a whole we're tracking 365 other active welding openings from 206 employers. A metro this active generally means you have real leverage — employers here are competing for the same welders. Browse every welding job in Atlanta, or widen the search to Georgia.

The most active employers in Georgia at the moment, by number of open welding reqs, are Classic Collision (14), Southern Industrial Constructors, Inc. (10), and JCB North America (8). Volume like that usually means either a genuine expansion or a staffing agency working several client sites — worth knowing which before you apply.

Within Georgia, the best-paying metros we track by median hourly rate are Forest Park at $39/hr, Atlanta at $31/hr, and Marietta at $30/hr. Atlanta 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. JOURNEYMAN SUPPORT EQUIPMENT figures were last recalculated when this page was built.