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Overview

This is a long-term temp/contract position for a Maintenance Technician with strong electromechanical skills, likely leading to a permanent role in the future. The position is with an established company in the chemical manufacturing space, requiring the ability to work the overnight shift full-time.

Responsibilities

  • Provide support to the plant primarily working with production machinery/equipment
  • Troubleshoot and repair equipment and machinery within the plant as needed and with urgency
  • Follow preventive maintenance schedules on all equipment
  • Reconstruct equipment such as pumps, meters, valves, and motors
  • Provide documentation of work as required
  • Ability to work in challenging environments

Requirements

  • 3+ years minimum of electromechanical machinery repair experience
  • Strong communication skills, verbal and written
  • Experience with motors, compressors, pumps, drive shafts, and basic machine repairs
  • Electrical troubleshooting experience

Additional Information

  • Comfortable commuting to the South Hackensack, NJ area
  • Open to working overnights
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How this job compares in Teterboro, NJ

Pay in context

This employer didn't publish a rate. For reference, welding jobs across New Jersey currently run a median of $33/hr in our index, with the middle half of them falling between $28–$38/hr across 107 postings with published pay. That median is a reasonable floor to anchor on when a recruiter asks what you're looking for.

The local market in Teterboro, NJ

Teterboro, NJ currently has 3 other active welding openings besides this one, spread across 1 employer. 3 of them were added in the last week. Across New Jersey as a whole we're tracking 183 other active welding openings from 127 employers. That's enough local activity to be worth comparing two or three offers before committing. Browse every welding job in Teterboro, or widen the search to 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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