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Overview

Quality Packaging (Qual Pac) is seeking a Maintenance Technician for their 1st shift operations. The company values a strong professional ethic, innovation, and collaboration among its team members, and has been in business for over 50 years.

Responsibilities

  • Perform routine preventative maintenance on mechanical handling equipment.
  • Document records of maintenance, inspections, and repairs.
  • Select repair parts and update parts records.
  • Repair mechanical damage and replace defective parts including welding, brazing, and soldering.
  • Maintain and repair batteries and chargers.
  • Troubleshoot and repair electrical, plumbing, pipe fitting, and fabrication issues.
  • Read and interpret schematics, drawings, and equipment manuals.
  • Use mechanical hand tools and measuring instruments.
  • Comply with OSHA Safety and Health regulations.

Requirements

  • Minimum of a High School Diploma with 5 years equivalent experience.
  • Strong electrical troubleshooting skills.
  • Strong mechanical aptitude.
  • Understanding of high-voltage wiring (480V 3-phase motors).
  • Experience with multi-craft maintenance and repair.
  • Basic computer skills including Microsoft Office.
  • Experience with C.M.M.S. software.
  • Understanding of encoders and equipment timing.
  • Knowledge of Servo drives and motors.
  • Basic knowledge of logic software.

Additional Information

  • Shift: 1st shift from 7:00am to 4:00pm.
  • Pay: $34.00-$36.00/hr.
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How this job compares in Grand Prairie, TX

Pay in context

At roughly $35/hr, this posting sits about 13% above the $31/hr median for welding jobs in Grand Prairie, TX — toward the top of a $28–$34/hr middle band drawn from 8 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 Grand Prairie, TX

We're tracking 29 other active welding openings in Grand Prairie, TX right now, from 19 different employers. 8 of them were added in the last week. Across Texas as a whole we're tracking 1,149 other active welding openings from 515 employers. A metro this active generally means you have real leverage — employers here are competing for the same welders. Browse every welding job in Grand Prairie, or widen the search to Texas.

The most active employers in Texas at the moment, by number of open welding reqs, are Austin Industries (34), Zachry Group (28), and Worley (19). Volume like that usually means either a genuine expansion or a staffing agency working several client sites — worth knowing which before you apply.

Within Texas, the best-paying metros we track by median hourly rate are Arlington at $39/hr, Dallas at $36/hr, and Pasadena at $36/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 1st shift figures were last recalculated when this page was built.