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Overview

Clorox is committed to growth for its people and brands, seeking a qualified Mechanical Technician for its Atlanta West facility. The role involves troubleshooting mechanical and electrical faults, performing preventative maintenance, and ensuring the reliability of automated packaging equipment.

Responsibilities

  • Follow all Clorox Plant safety rules.
  • Troubleshoot mechanical and electrical faults.
  • Perform preventative maintenance (PMs).
  • Ensure stock of critical spares.
  • Execute work orders.
  • Maintain, troubleshoot, analyze, and repair equipment.
  • Troubleshoot motor and motor control problems.
  • Utilize computer software for various tasks.
  • Clean work area after each job.
  • Demonstrate effective written and verbal communication skills.
  • Respond appropriately to stakeholders at all levels.
  • Demonstrate a self-motivated work behavior.

Requirements

  • Industrial maintenance work experience of at least 5 years.
  • Successful completion of a two-year college curriculum in technical areas or vocational school certificates in electrical or mechanical technical areas.
  • Proficiency in maintaining, troubleshooting, analyzing, and repairing mechanical, pneumatic, hydraulic, power transmission, electrical, and control systems.
  • Thorough knowledge of VFDs, PLCs, and servo motors.
  • Ability to repair defective machinery using drawings, manuals, and sample parts.
  • Skilled in using hand tools, power tools, welding equipment, rigging equipment, and shop equipment.
  • Understanding of shaft alignment techniques and tools.
  • Ability to maintain mechanical drive systems, lubrication, and various pump types.
  • Pipe fitting skills.
  • Basic electrical troubleshooting experience.
  • Knowledge of variable frequency drive operations and motor control circuits.
  • Proficiency in following ladder logic for troubleshooting and reading/updating P&IDs.
  • Computer skills using business programs such as Microsoft Office.
  • Experience with computerized maintenance management systems such as SAP is preferred.

Benefits

  • 401k
  • Health Insurance

Additional Information

  • Starting hourly rate: $38.80 with a shift differential for overnight hours.
  • Flexible work environment.

Benefits

401k
Health Insurance
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How this job compares in Forest Park, GA

Pay in context

At roughly $39/hr, this posting sits about 39% above the $28/hr median for welding jobs across Georgia — toward the top of a $25–$37/hr middle band drawn from 99 postings with published pay. Put another way, it pays more than about 77% 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 Forest Park, GA

We're tracking 10 other active welding openings in Forest Park, GA right now, from 5 different employers. 4 of them were added in the last week. Across Georgia as a whole we're tracking 316 other active welding openings from 186 employers. A metro this active generally means you have real leverage — employers here are competing for the same welders. Browse every welding job in Forest Park, or widen the search to Georgia.

The Clorox Company currently has 5 other openings live in Georgia, which is usually a sign of either steady growth or steady turnover — worth asking which in the interview.

The most active employers in Georgia at the moment, by number of open welding reqs, are Southern Industrial Constructors, Inc. (10), Classic Collision (9), and Gerber Collision & Glass (9). Volume like that usually means either a genuine expansion or a staffing agency working several client sites — worth knowing which before you apply.

Within Georgia, the best-paying metros we track by median hourly rate are Forest Park at $39/hr, Marietta at $30/hr, and Atlanta at $30/hr. Forest Park is among them.

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