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Overview

Dessert Holdings is seeking a Maintenance Technician for the 1st shift to support manufacturing operations in creating premium desserts. This role involves identifying and repairing mechanical and electrical defects while ensuring equipment reliability.

Responsibilities

  • Identify and repair electrical and mechanical defects.
  • Participate as a Maintenance Lead for assigned area teams.
  • Complete assigned Preventative Maintenance Plans as scheduled.
  • Participate in RCA on equipment and process failures.
  • Train operators on maintenance techniques.
  • Complete preventative maintenance and assist in diagnostics and repairs.
  • Understand and manage Quality Systems including SQF, HACCP, and GMP practices.
  • Document all Maintenance work activity within CMMS System.
  • Support the Preventative Maintenance program to reduce unscheduled downtime.
  • Disassemble and reassemble equipment for cleaning and testing.
  • Install, align and adjust mechanical power transmission components.
  • Operate safely and adhere to mechanical, fluid power, and electrical rules.

Requirements

  • 5+ years of Industrial Mechanical experience or a two-year technical degree preferred.
  • Proficiency in MS Office and basic PC skills.
  • Must be able to read, write, and speak English; Spanish is preferred.
  • Must successfully complete HACCP Certification.
  • Must have Forklift License or complete training within 90 days of hire.
  • Possess mathematical skills.
  • Ability to interact courteously with co-workers and vendors.
  • Working knowledge of ovens, bakery equipment, and packaging equipment preferred.
  • Completion of AIB Bakery Equipment training course is helpful.
  • Ability to utilize proper measurement tools and calibrate them.
  • Ability to use Hoist and safely rig and move parts and equipment.
  • Must have own tools as per Required Tool List.

Benefits

  • 401k
  • Health Insurance

Additional Information

  • Work hours are Monday - Thursday from 5AM to 5PM.
  • Must be willing to work overtime including weekends if necessary.

Benefits

401k
Health Insurance
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How this job compares in Kennesaw, GA

Pay in context

At roughly $32/hr, this posting sits about 14% above the $28/hr median for welding jobs across Georgia — toward the top of a $23–$37/hr middle band drawn from 124 postings with published pay. Put another way, it pays more than about 69% 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 Kennesaw, GA

We're tracking 11 other active welding openings in Kennesaw, GA right now, from 8 different employers. 3 of them were added in the last week. Across Georgia as a whole we're tracking 371 other active welding openings from 218 employers. A metro this active generally means you have real leverage — employers here are competing for the same welders. Browse every welding job in Kennesaw, or widen the search to Georgia.

Dessert Holdings currently has 1 other opening 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 (12), Southern Industrial Constructors, Inc. (11), 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 Marietta at $39/hr, Forest Park at $34/hr, and Kennesaw at $32/hr. Kennesaw is among them.

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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 1st Shift figures were last recalculated when this page was built.