Job Description

Overview

The Maintenance Technician at Goodfellow Corporation is responsible for maintaining production equipment and facility systems to ensure safe and reliable manufacturing operations. This role involves performing preventive maintenance, troubleshooting, and mechanical repairs to minimize production downtime and maintain a productive workplace.

Responsibilities

  • Perform scheduled inspections and preventive maintenance on manufacturing equipment.
  • Diagnose, repair, and rebuild pneumatic and hydraulic components as needed.
  • Document maintenance activities and communicate equipment issues to the GM of Production.
  • Perform routine and emergency repairs on mechanical, electrical, plumbing, and HVAC systems.
  • Troubleshoot and repair 208V/480V equipment within the scope of training and safety requirements.
  • Use hand tools, power tools, and diagnostic equipment to identify and resolve maintenance issues.
  • Complete minor carpentry, painting, patching, and general facility repairs.
  • Follow company safety protocols, including lockout/tagout (LOTO) procedures.
  • Identify and report unsafe conditions and coordinate repairs.

Requirements

  • High school diploma or GED.
  • Three to five years of hands-on experience in general building maintenance or a related trade.
  • Working knowledge of electrical systems, including 208V/480V equipment diagnosis and repair.
  • Proficiency with hand tools, power tools, and diagnostic equipment.
  • Valid driver's license and driving record meeting company requirements.
  • Ability to meet applicable pre-employment background check and drug screening requirements.

Benefits

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

Additional Information

  • Work is performed in manufacturing and facility environments.
  • Position requires standing, walking, bending, climbing ladders, and regularly lifting up to 50 pounds.

Benefits

Health Insurance
Dental
Vision
PTO
401k

How this job compares in El Mirage, AZ

Pay in context

At roughly $33/hr, this posting lands within a few percent of the $30/hr median for welding jobs across Arizona, whose middle half runs $25–$39/hr across 175 postings with published pay. Put another way, it pays more than about 58% 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 El Mirage, AZ

El Mirage, AZ currently has 7 other active welding openings besides this one, spread across 5 employers. 1 of them was added in the last week. Across Arizona as a whole we're tracking 467 other active welding openings from 220 employers. That's enough local activity to be worth comparing two or three offers before committing. Browse every welding job in El Mirage, or widen the search to Arizona.

The most active employers in Arizona at the moment, by number of open welding reqs, are Sundt Construction (29), Welding Shop in Phoenix, AZ (19), and EZARC (18). Volume like that usually means either a genuine expansion or a staffing agency working several client sites — worth knowing which before you apply.

Within Arizona, the best-paying metros we track by median hourly rate are Goodyear at $51/hr, Tolleson at $38/hr, and Tempe at $37/hr. If you can relocate or commute, that spread is worth factoring in.

Similar openings near El Mirage, AZ

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.