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Overview

The Senior Plant Maintenance Technician at WM is responsible for performing all maintenance functions on buildings, grounds, and plant machinery under the direction of facility leadership. WM, now part of Stericycle, is committed to providing stable and meaningful work while investing in employee growth and safety.

Responsibilities

  • Perform preventive, corrective, and emergency maintenance on all buildings, grounds, and plant machinery.
  • Conduct diagnostic evaluations on equipment and make necessary repairs.
  • Perform routine maintenance on various machinery including autoclave systems, pumps, hydraulic systems, and electrical generator systems.
  • Document results through completed work orders or in a Computerized Maintenance Management System (CMMS).
  • Assist Facility/Maintenance Manager with general work to ensure a safe and efficient facility.
  • Order parts and manage inventory using a computer-based procurement system.
  • Stay current on all required safety training and protocols.

Requirements

  • 4 years of related experience and/or training.
  • Experience with LOTO and permit confined space programs.
  • Use of forklifts, aerial-lifts, and rigging equipment.
  • High School Diploma or GED (preferred).
  • Boiler, Welding, or Electrical certification or license (preferred).
  • Instrumentation and Controls (I&C) certification (preferred).
  • Valid Driver's License (preferred).

Benefits

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

Additional Information

  • Union Represented Position
  • Shift: Monday - Friday, 12:00 PM - 8:30 PM
  • Safety sensitive position requiring compliance with safety rules and protocols.

Benefits

Health Insurance
Dental
Vision
401k
PTO
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How this job compares in Woodbridge, NJ

Pay in context

At roughly $37/hr, this posting lands within a few percent of the $34/hr median for welding jobs across New Jersey, whose middle half runs $29–$40/hr across 106 postings with published pay. Put another way, it pays more than about 58% of the comparable postings we have wage data for. In other words it is a market-rate offer, so benefits, overtime, and shift schedule are where the real difference between this and the next posting on the list shows up.

The local market in Woodbridge, NJ

Woodbridge, NJ is a small market in our index: 1 other active welding opening alongside this one, from 1 employer. Across New Jersey as a whole we're tracking 166 other active welding openings from 123 employers. With this few local postings, most welders here end up either commuting or looking at travel work. Browse welding jobs across New Jersey.

WM 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 Darling Ingredients (5), Carvana (4), and Lockheed Martin (4). 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 Newark at $35/hr and Lyndhurst at $30/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. Senior, Plant Maintenance Technician figures were last recalculated when this page was built.