Job Description

Overview

The Maintenance Tech position at Mauser Packaging Solutions involves performing routine preventive maintenance and repairs on production equipment while adhering to safety policies. The company is dedicated to innovation and sustainability in packaging solutions.

Responsibilities

  • Follow all work instructions and safety policies, including use of all PPE and safety equipment.
  • Perform routine preventive maintenance checks on all production equipment and machinery.
  • Repair basic mechanical components and replace parts on machines such as bearings, filters, wiring, valves, gauges, and switches.
  • Observe and listen to mechanical devices in operation to locate causes of problems.
  • Dismantle devices to gain access to and remove defective parts.
  • Lubricate and clean machinery and support equipment to maintain housekeeping and preventive maintenance standards.
  • Accomplish all work orders to maintain safety, reduce downtime, decrease scrap, improve quality production, and improve plant efficiency.
  • Follow all safety rules and procedures including Lockout/Tagout program and housekeeping.
  • Perform other related duties as assigned.

Requirements

  • High School Diploma or GED.
  • 3-5 years’ experience in a maintenance-related position within a manufacturing environment, or equivalent combination of training and experience.
  • Ability to interpret documents such as procedure manuals, blueprints, schematics, charts, and diagrams.
  • Ability to use precision measuring devices including amp meters, electric meters, and hydraulic gauges.
  • Basic understanding of systems, equipment, and schematics.
  • Ability to solve practical problems and deal with a variety of concrete variables.
  • Good troubleshooting skills.
  • Basic mathematical skills used to add, subtract, multiply, divide, and use decimals and fractions.
  • Ability to perform work in a mature and professional manner and demonstrate personal responsibility.

Benefits

  • Health Insurance
  • Dental
  • PTO

Benefits

Health Insurance
Dental
PTO

How this job compares in South Plainfield, NJ

Pay in context

At roughly $33/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 38% 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 South Plainfield, NJ

South Plainfield, NJ is a small market in our index: 2 other active welding openings alongside this one, from 2 employers. Across New Jersey as a whole we're tracking 166 other active welding openings from 122 employers. With this few local postings, most welders here end up either commuting or looking at travel work. Browse welding jobs across New Jersey.

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. Maintenance Tech figures were last recalculated when this page was built.