Maintenance Technician I
Location
Union, NJ
Wage
$31.67 – $40.47/hr
Employment Type
Full-time
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Posted on November 3, 2026
Job Description
Overview
Cintas is seeking a Maintenance Technician I to assist with maintaining an industrial laundry facility. The role involves repairing, maintaining, and troubleshooting various industrial equipment and systems.
Responsibilities
- Assist with repairing, maintaining, installing, and troubleshooting industrial equipment, systems, and components.
- Perform preventive/predictive maintenance.
- Resolve safety concerns.
- Perform indoor and outdoor housekeeping.
- Monitor inventory supplies and maintain maintenance records.
Requirements
- 2+ years' experience repairing industrial processing equipment in an industrial environment or in the military.
- Ability to read maintenance literature printed in English.
- Experience with and ability to read a blueprint.
- Basic Microsoft Office computer skills.
- Ability to stand for up to 7 hours in an 8 hour shift.
- High School Diploma/GED.
Benefits
- Health Insurance
- Dental
- Vision
- 401k
- PTO
Additional Information
- Full Time
- 1st Shift
Benefits
Health Insurance
Dental
Vision
401k
PTO
How this job compares in Union, NJ
Pay in context
At roughly $36/hr, this posting lands within a few percent of the $33/hr median for welding jobs across New Jersey, whose middle half runs $28–$40/hr across 102 postings with published pay. Put another way, it pays more than about 64% 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 Union, NJ
Union, 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 161 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.
Cintas 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 Valcor Engineering Corporation (6), UPS (4), and Depot Connect International (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 Cherry Hill at $31/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 Technician I figures were last recalculated when this page was built.