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Overview

Georgia-Pacific Recycling is seeking a Maintenance Technician for their South Plainfield NJ recycling facility, where they process old-corrugated containers (OCC) for export markets. The role involves troubleshooting and maintaining industrial machinery to ensure optimal performance.

Responsibilities

  • Troubleshoot, repair, and maintain industrial machinery.
  • Install and align new equipment.
  • Perform periodic maintenance routines including lubricating machine tools and equipment.
  • Maintain accurate maintenance logs including labor hours and critical preventative maintenance findings.
  • Work with the operations team to identify and prioritize maintenance needs.
  • Help meet or exceed production and quality goals while optimizing equipment to reduce waste.
  • Adhere to all plant safety and environmental guidelines and actively participate in the safety program.
  • Maintain strict adherence to safety rules and regulations, including wearing safety equipment.
  • Work in a hot, humid, cold, and noisy industrial environment.

Requirements

  • Four (4) years or more of experience in a mechanical maintenance position within a manufacturing, industrial, or military environment.
  • Experience working with hydraulic and pneumatic systems.
  • Experience using a cutting torch and welding with an arc welder.
  • Experience troubleshooting issues with bearings, chains, sprockets, gearboxes, and conveyors.

Benefits

  • Health Insurance
  • Dental
  • Vision
  • PTO

Additional Information

  • Candidates must be flexible and available to work all shifts as needed, including overtime, holidays, and weekends.
  • Physical location: Georgia-Pacific Recycling, 200 Helen St., South Plainfield NJ 07080.

Benefits

Health Insurance
Dental
Vision
PTO
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How this job compares in South Plainfield, NJ

Pay in context

At roughly $28/hr, this posting comes in about 15% below the $33/hr median for welding jobs across New Jersey, where the middle half runs $28–$40/hr across 102 postings with published pay. Put another way, it pays more than about 26% 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 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 161 other active welding openings from 121 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 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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