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Job Description

Overview

The Maintenance Technician at Precision Castparts Corp. will be responsible for the maintenance, repair, and construction of mechanical equipment and systems in the plant, including hydraulic presses, CNC machines, and more. The role requires extensive experience in the forging industry and a strong work ethic.

Responsibilities

  • Read and interpret mechanical drawings and all plant machinery.
  • Make repairs and adjustments or replacements of worn or defective parts.
  • Perform common methods of rigging and handling heavy machinery safely.
  • Have knowledge of piping for steam, air, gas, water, and hydraulic systems.
  • Use tools such as threaders, drills, and saws.
  • Perform general building and electrical repairs involved with mechanical work.

Requirements

  • 10+ years related experience and/or training in the forging industry.
  • Experience with electrical, mechanical, construction, plumbing, and hydraulic.
  • Able to lift 35lb.
  • Experience with reading blueprints and sketches.
  • Strong work ethic.

Benefits

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

Additional Information

  • On-Site workplace type.
  • Full Time position.
  • Located in Rockaway, New Jersey.

Benefits

PTO
Health Insurance
Dental
Vision
401k
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How this job compares in Montclair State University, NJ

Pay in context

At roughly $34/hr, this posting lands within a few percent of the $33/hr median for welding jobs across New Jersey, whose middle half runs $28–$38/hr across 106 postings with published pay. Put another way, it pays more than about 56% 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 Montclair State University, NJ

This is the only active welding job we're currently tracking in Montclair State University, NJ, which makes it worth moving on quickly — there is no local competing offer to weigh it against. Across New Jersey as a whole we're tracking 183 other active welding openings from 127 employers. Browse welding jobs across New Jersey.

The most active employers in New Jersey at the moment, by number of open welding reqs, are Valcor Engineering Corporation (7), Lockheed Martin (7), and DC Fabricators (4). Volume like that usually means either a genuine expansion or a staffing agency working several client sites — worth knowing which before you apply.

Within New Jersey, the best-paying metros we track by median hourly rate are Moorestown at $42/hr, Newark at $33/hr, and Cherry Hill at $31/hr. If you can relocate or commute, that spread is worth factoring in.

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