Job Description

Overview

Sugaright in Dallas is seeking a dependable Maintenance Technician to ensure the safe and efficient operation of a busy manufacturing facility. This role is suited for a technician who enjoys troubleshooting and repairing equipment with minimal supervision while adhering to safety and sanitation standards.

Responsibilities

  • Troubleshoot, repair, and maintain plant equipment, including electric motors, pumps, valves, dryers, and electrical devices.
  • Perform preventive and corrective maintenance on production equipment, utilities, and mobile assets.
  • Diagnose electrical issues and safely replace motors, components, and controls as needed.
  • Perform forklift and heavy equipment preventive maintenance, including battery maintenance and hydraulic hose repair.
  • Support plant utilities and facility systems such as boilers, air compressors, HVAC, and water systems.
  • Follow GMP, SQF, sanitation, and food safety standards during maintenance activities.
  • Read and interpret manuals, schematics, and work orders for accurate repairs.
  • Complete work orders, preventive maintenance documentation, and daily activity reporting.
  • Work independently with limited supervision while maintaining communication with operations and leadership.
  • Maintain company tools, shop organization, and a safe work environment.

Requirements

  • High School diploma or equivalent required.
  • 3+ years of industrial or manufacturing maintenance experience required.
  • Strong electrical experience required; industrial certifications or apprenticeships preferred but not required.
  • Ability to work in hot, cold, wet, and dusty environments.
  • Ability to stand, bend, climb, and lift up to 50 lbs.
  • Adequate vision, hearing, and dexterity to safely perform maintenance tasks.

Benefits

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

Additional Information

  • Balanced shift schedule
  • On call
  • Overtime

Benefits

401k
Health Insurance
Dental
Vision
PTO

How this job compares in Dallas, TX

Pay in context

At roughly $30/hr, this posting comes in about 17% below the $36/hr median for welding jobs in Dallas, TX, where the middle half runs $29–$39/hr across 43 postings with published pay. Put another way, it pays more than about 30% 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 Dallas, TX

We're tracking 125 other active welding openings in Dallas, TX right now, from 73 different employers. 42 of them were added in the last week. Across Texas as a whole we're tracking 1,245 other active welding openings from 548 employers. A metro this active generally means you have real leverage — employers here are competing for the same welders. Browse every welding job in Dallas, or widen the search to Texas.

The most active employers in Texas at the moment, by number of open welding reqs, are Austin Industries (39), Zachry Group (30), and Welding Shop in Houston, TX (22). Volume like that usually means either a genuine expansion or a staffing agency working several client sites — worth knowing which before you apply.

Within Texas, the best-paying metros we track by median hourly rate are Old Sixth Ward at $40/hr, Arlington at $39/hr, and Dallas at $36/hr. Dallas is among them.

Similar openings near Dallas, TX

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 figures were last recalculated when this page was built.