Job Description

Overview

The 3rd Shift Facilities Mechanic is responsible for the maintenance, troubleshooting, repair, installation, and upgrades of Perrigo’s utility systems across all buildings. This includes various systems such as HVAC, plumbing, electrical, and general housekeeping tasks.

Responsibilities

  • Maintain, troubleshoot, repair, install, and upgrade utility systems across all buildings.
  • Perform utility systems rebuilding, installation, upgrades, and preventative maintenance.
  • Complete general work orders and collaborate with other technicians.
  • Execute special projects and other related duties as assigned.

Requirements

  • High school diploma, GED, or equivalency required.
  • Five plus years of solid work experience in maintenance skills or three years as a Perrigo Set Up Tech with related education.
  • Strong oral and written communication skills required.
  • Programmable Logic Controls (PLC) background desirable.
  • Computer skills in Microsoft Suite and experience with CMMS such as SAP required.
  • Ability to read and work from blueprints.
  • Commitment to meeting schedules and deadlines with good attendance.

Additional Information

  • This is a Union Position.
  • Pay Range: $28.00 per hour.
  • Must be able to work a minimum of 40 hours per week and required overtime through extended shifts and weekends.

How this job compares in Bronx, NY

Pay in context

At roughly $28/hr, this posting comes in about 12% below the $32/hr median for welding jobs across New York, where the middle half runs $28–$41/hr across 104 postings with published pay. Put another way, it pays more than about 28% of the comparable postings we have wage data for. That gap is worth raising directly — in a market this size there is normally room to negotiate toward the median, particularly if you already hold the certifications the posting asks for.

The local market in Bronx, NY

Bronx, NY currently has 7 other active welding openings besides this one, spread across 6 employers. 1 of them was added in the last week. Across New York as a whole we're tracking 152 other active welding openings from 106 employers. That's enough local activity to be worth comparing two or three offers before committing. Browse every welding job in Bronx, or widen the search to New York.

Perrigo Company plc currently has 1 other opening live in New York, which is usually a sign of either steady growth or steady turnover — worth asking which in the interview.

The most active employers in New York at the moment, by number of open welding reqs, are Welding Shop in New York, NY (22), GTI Fabrication (3), and Veterans Health Administration (3). 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 York, the best-paying metros we track by median hourly rate are New York at $41/hr, Brooklyn at $33/hr, and Bronx at $30/hr. Bronx 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. 3rd Shift Facilities Mechanic figures were last recalculated when this page was built.