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Overview

Reworld is a leader in sustainable waste solutions, providing innovative solutions for carbon-negative outcomes. They are seeking a Maintenance Mechanic and Welder to maintain, troubleshoot, and repair equipment at an energy-from-waste facility.

Responsibilities

  • Maintain, troubleshoot, repair, and overhaul equipment at an energy-from-waste facility.
  • Perform mechanical repairs, preventive maintenance, and equipment overhauls.
  • Inspect and repair Martin stoker systems, including grates, drive components, feed chutes, and associated structures.
  • Perform welding and fabrication using drawings and approved procedures.
  • Read and interpret blueprints, equipment drawings, and technical manuals.
  • Support equipment installation, alignment, rigging, and component replacement.
  • Support planned outages, forced outages, and startup activities, including nights, weekends, and overtime as needed.
  • Follow safety procedures, coordinate with Operations, and document work in the maintenance management system.

Requirements

  • Demonstrated hands-on industrial maintenance, millwright, and welding experience.
  • Ability to explain previous work, troubleshoot equipment, and demonstrate technical skills during the selection process.
  • Experience with conveyors, hydraulics, rotating equipment, and heavy mechanical repairs.
  • Ability to work independently and contribute effectively to a team.
  • Professional communication, accountability, and willingness to learn.
  • Preferred experience in energy-from-waste or power plant maintenance.
  • Experience with Martin stoker maintenance, grate overhauls, and feed chute replacement.
  • Experience in structural welding and fabrication.
  • Boiler pressure-part repair experience and applicable welding qualifications.

Benefits

  • 401k
  • PTO
  • Paid Parental Leave
  • Tuition Reimbursement
  • Employee Referral Bonus
  • Health Insurance
  • Dental
  • Vision

Additional Information

  • Physical demands include walking, standing, sitting, climbing, and handling temperature changes.
  • Must be able to lift/carry 50lbs and push/pull 100lbs.
  • Qualify to wear a full-face respirator.
  • Occasionally exposed to heights as high as 225 feet and frequently works off scaffolding and ladders.
  • Shift work includes 12 hour rotating days/nights on a 5 on-2 off, 2 on 5 off rotation.

Benefits

401k
PTO
Paid Parental Leave
Tuition Reimbursement
Employee Referral Bonus
Health Insurance
Dental
Vision
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How this job compares in Lorton, VA

Pay in context

At roughly $46/hr, this posting sits about 50% above the $31/hr median for welding jobs across Virginia — toward the top of a $25–$41/hr middle band drawn from 94 postings with published pay. Put another way, it pays more than about 88% 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 Lorton, VA

This is the only active welding job we're currently tracking in Lorton, VA, which makes it worth moving on quickly — there is no local competing offer to weigh it against. Across Virginia as a whole we're tracking 163 other active welding openings from 82 employers. Browse welding jobs across Virginia.

The most active employers in Virginia at the moment, by number of open welding reqs, are Innovative Refrigeration Systems, Inc. (14), General Dynamics NASSCO (10), and Atlantic Constructors, Inc. (8). Volume like that usually means either a genuine expansion or a staffing agency working several client sites — worth knowing which before you apply.

Within Virginia, the best-paying metros we track by median hourly rate are Newport News at $40/hr, Norfolk at $30/hr, and Chesapeake at $27/hr. If you can relocate or commute, that spread is worth factoring in.

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