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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 preventive maintenance, and ensuring the reliability of automated packaging equipment.

Responsibilities

  • Follow all Clorox Plant safety rules.
  • Troubleshoot mechanical and electrical faults.
  • Perform preventive maintenance and ensure stock of critical spares.
  • Execute work orders for equipment maintenance.
  • Maintain, troubleshoot, analyze, and repair equipment.
  • Troubleshoot motor and motor control problems.
  • Utilize computer software for various tasks.
  • Demonstrate effective written and verbal communication skills.
  • Read and update technical manuals and drawings.
  • Perform pipe fitting and use various hand and power tools.
  • Identify and install components of automated packaging equipment.
  • Demonstrate knowledge of electrical devices and circuits.

Requirements

  • Industrial maintenance work experience of at least 5 years.
  • Completion of a two-year college curriculum in technical areas or vocational school certificates.
  • Proficiency in maintaining and troubleshooting mechanical, pneumatic, hydraulic, electrical, and control systems.
  • Thorough knowledge of VFDs, PLCs, and servo motors.
  • Ability to repair machinery using drawings and manuals.
  • Skilled in using hand tools, power tools, and shop equipment.
  • Understanding of shaft alignment techniques and tools.
  • Pipe fitting skills and basic electrical troubleshooting experience.
  • Knowledge of variable frequency drive operations and motor control circuits.
  • Computer skills using business programs such as Microsoft Office.

Benefits

  • 401k
  • Health Insurance

Additional Information

  • 12-hour shifts from 7pm to 7am.

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 98 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 313 other active welding openings from 184 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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Pay figures are medians computed from live postings in the Welding Pros index, not from survey data, and they move as employers post. Multi Craft- Maintenance Technician-12hr (7pm-7am) figures were last recalculated when this page was built.