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Overview

This role will be responsible for maintaining production equipment, site facilities, and assets, serving as the primary support for troubleshooting and resolving issues with complex equipment applications for production purposes.

Responsibilities

  • Perform preventive maintenance, troubleshooting, and repair of Mechanical, Electrical, Hydraulic, Pneumatic, and Building Maintenance issues in a timely manner.
  • Provide support for production and production equipment to reach optimum capabilities.
  • Establish root cause analysis on any equipment failures.
  • Support project work and continuous improvement efforts.
  • Support established 5S systems and GMP compliance.
  • Adhere to company safety policies and procedures.
  • Perform adjustments and/or make corrections on equipment to reach optimum capabilities.
  • Establish or adjust work procedures to allow production to meet schedules.
  • Continually expand knowledge base on maintenance practices, procedures, and technologies.
  • Other duties may be assigned as needed.

Requirements

  • High school diploma or equivalent (GED).
  • 3 years or greater experience in industrial maintenance.
  • Education/training or applicable experience in a skilled trade pertaining to industrial maintenance such as Mechanical, Electrical, Fluid power, Machining, Welding, etc.
  • Ability to safely use hand and power tools, and electrical devices such as voltmeter and ammeter.
  • Ability to read and work from schematics, blueprints, diagrams, and sketches.
  • Ability to multitask and communicate effectively with co-workers.
  • Familiarity with OSHA regulations.
  • Demonstrated working knowledge of mechanical, electrical, hydraulics, and pneumatics.
  • Customer service oriented approach.

Additional Information

  • Ability to lift 50 lbs.
  • Ability to stand, sit, kneel, squat, climb for extended periods of time.
  • Ability to work long shifts (up to 12 hours per shift in a 24 hour period).
  • Ability to perform in varying temperatures and dusty environments with use of PPE as needed.
  • Ability to work overtime as needed.
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How this job compares in Conyers, GA

Pay in context

This employer didn't publish a rate. For reference, welding jobs across Georgia currently run a median of $28/hr in our index, with the middle half of them falling between $23–$31/hr across 95 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 Conyers, GA

We're tracking 14 other active welding openings in Conyers, GA right now, from 8 different employers. None of them were added in the last week, so this is a slower-moving market. Across Georgia as a whole we're tracking 268 other active welding openings from 145 employers. A metro this active generally means you have real leverage — employers here are competing for the same welders. Browse every welding job in Conyers, or widen the search to Georgia.

Pratt Industries currently has 4 other openings live in Georgia, which is usually a sign of either steady growth or steady turnover — worth asking which in the interview.

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 Gerber Collision & Glass (9). 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, Marietta at $30/hr, and Atlanta at $28/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 Technician- 2nd Shift figures were last recalculated when this page was built.