Job Description

Overview

Midland Garage Door is seeking an experienced Manufacturing Maintenance Technician to join their team. The company has been a leader in the garage door industry for over 45 years, emphasizing quality products and excellent customer service.

Responsibilities

  • Troubleshoot and repair automated production equipment.
  • Diagnose electrical, mechanical, and controls-level faults using schematics and test equipment.
  • Occasional forklift operation.
  • Fabricate necessary repair components as needed.
  • Work with other departments to ensure high quality and efficient production.
  • Follow all safety protocols.
  • Champion a culture of teamwork and cooperation.
  • Provide assistance in all areas with a can-do attitude.

Requirements

  • High School or GED required.
  • 2 years’ experience in a manufacturing maintenance environment preferred.
  • Ability to create and maintain relationships.
  • Excellent communication skills.
  • High level of attention to detail.
  • Valid driver’s license.
  • Welding/cutting metal experience.
  • Solid mechanical aptitude with pneumatic and mechanical drive systems.
  • Ability to read electrical schematics, pneumatic diagrams, and equipment manuals.
  • Practical problem-solver who can fabricate fixes when stock parts aren't available.
  • Prompt, reliable attendance and ability to respond to off-hours equipment issues.
  • Ability to effectively communicate in English, both orally and in writing.

Benefits

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

Additional Information

  • Day Shift: 7:30am-4:00pm Monday-Friday
  • Evening Shift: 4:00pm-2:30am Monday-Thursday
  • Starting Wage: $36/HR DOE for Day Shift, $38/HR DOE for Evening Shift
  • Occasional overtime and weekend shifts

Benefits

Health Insurance
Dental
Vision
401k
PTO

How this job compares in West Fargo, ND

Pay in context

At roughly $37/hr, this posting sits about 28% above the $29/hr median for welding jobs across North Dakota — toward the top of a $22–$33/hr middle band drawn from 12 postings with published pay. Put another way, it pays more than about 100% of the comparable postings we have wage data for. Pay that far above local median usually comes attached to something: a harder cert requirement, travel, night shift, or overtime that isn't really optional. Worth establishing which before you accept.

The local market in West Fargo, ND

West Fargo, ND currently has 3 other active welding openings besides this one, spread across 2 employers. None of them were added in the last week, so this is a slower-moving market. Across North Dakota as a whole we're tracking 18 other active welding openings from 17 employers. That's enough local activity to be worth comparing two or three offers before committing. Browse every welding job in West Fargo, or widen the search to North Dakota.

The most active employers in North Dakota at the moment, by number of open welding reqs, are TrueNorth Steel (2). Volume like that usually means either a genuine expansion or a staffing agency working several client sites — worth knowing which before you apply.

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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. Manufacturing Maintenance Technician figures were last recalculated when this page was built.