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Unipres USA, Inc

Plant Maintenance Technician (Night Shift)

Location

Smyrna, TN

Wage

$29.43 – $38/hr

Employment Type

Full-time

Required Skills & Certifications

MIG Welding
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Posted on November 9, 2026

Job Description

Overview

As a night shift Plant Maintenance Technician, you will be essential in ensuring the smooth operation of our manufacturing facility through effective maintenance and repair of machinery and equipment. Your knowledge of programmable logic controllers and industrial maintenance will enhance our operational efficiency.

Responsibilities

  • Maintain and install machinery, building facilities, electrical equipment and components.
  • Troubleshoot, diagnose, debug and repair manufacturing assembly tools and equipment.
  • Perform installation and repair of electrical power services, lighting, controls, instrumentation, motors, protective devices, programmable controllers, robots and assembly machines.
  • Complete periodic preventive maintenance on all plant equipment, including power distribution systems, HVAC systems, air compressors, chillers, air dryers, robots and welding equipment.
  • Maintain accurate and complete records and logs of work performed.
  • Perform other general maintenance duties such as arc welding, mig welding, plumbing and other associated tasks.

Requirements

  • High school diploma or GED.
  • Ability to lift 50 lbs. without mechanical assistance.
  • Ability to read electrical schematics, blue prints, ladder diagrams.
  • Industrial Maintenance experience or training.
  • Hydraulic and Pneumatic experience or training.
  • PLC training or experience.

Benefits

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

Additional Information

  • Night Shift (Required)
  • Smyrna, TN 37167: Relocate before starting work (Required)
  • Work Location: In person

Benefits

401k
Health Insurance
Dental
PTO
Vision
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How this job compares in Smyrna, TN

Pay in context

At roughly $34/hr, this posting sits about 35% above the $25/hr median for welding jobs across Tennessee — toward the top of a $21–$30/hr middle band drawn from 31 postings with published pay. Put another way, it pays more than about 90% 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 Smyrna, TN

Smyrna, TN is a small market in our index: 1 other active welding opening alongside this one, from 1 employer. Across Tennessee as a whole we're tracking 84 other active welding openings from 61 employers. With this few local postings, most welders here end up either commuting or looking at travel work. Browse welding jobs across Tennessee.

The most active employers in Tennessee at the moment, by number of open welding reqs, are Mueller Water Products (5), Welding Shop in Nashville, TN (4), and JLG Industries (3). Volume like that usually means either a genuine expansion or a staffing agency working several client sites — worth knowing which before you apply.

What you'll be running

This posting calls for MIG. MIG (GMAW) feeds a continuous wire electrode through a shielding-gas nozzle. It lays down metal fast and is forgiving on clean material, which is why it dominates production and light fabrication work.

Similar openings near Smyrna, TN

Pay figures are medians computed from live postings in the Welding Pros index, not from survey data, and they move as employers post. Plant Maintenance Technician (Night Shift) figures were last recalculated when this page was built.