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Overview

The Manufacturing Mechanic will support the manufacturing team by performing maintenance and repairs on all plant equipment, conducting preventative maintenance, and performing facility maintenance as needed. The company seeks motivated individuals who are passionate about their work and want to contribute to a winning team.

Responsibilities

  • Perform maintenance and repairs for all plant equipment.
  • Schedule and conduct preventative maintenance.
  • Perform facility maintenance as needed.

Requirements

  • 5-7 years of direct industrial maintenance experience in a manufacturing plant.
  • Perform welding duties as needed with mig/stick.
  • Mechanical experience in a wide range of equipment.
  • Experience with PLC controls, 3 Phase power, and electrical troubleshooting & repair.
  • Pneumatics troubleshooting and repair experience.
  • Hydraulic troubleshooting and repair experience.
  • Ability to understand detailed technical information.
  • Ability to keep detailed records.
  • Handle petty cash as needed.

Benefits

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

Additional Information

  • Day Shift, M-F Full Time
  • In person
  • Approximately 300 team players and growing.

Benefits

401k
Health Insurance
Dental
Vision
PTO
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How this job compares in Mesquite, TX

Pay in context

At roughly $34/hr, this posting lands within a few percent of the $31/hr median for welding jobs across Texas, whose middle half runs $25–$39/hr across 325 postings with published pay. Put another way, it pays more than about 59% 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 Mesquite, TX

Mesquite, TX currently has 7 other active welding openings besides this one, spread across 6 employers. 2 of them were added in the last week. Across Texas as a whole we're tracking 1,132 other active welding openings from 498 employers. That's enough local activity to be worth comparing two or three offers before committing. Browse every welding job in Mesquite, or widen the search to Texas.

Senox Corporation currently has 1 other opening live in Texas, which is usually a sign of either steady growth or steady turnover — worth asking which in the interview.

The most active employers in Texas at the moment, by number of open welding reqs, are Zachry Group (33), Austin Industries (30), and Welding Shop in Austin, TX (21). Volume like that usually means either a genuine expansion or a staffing agency working several client sites — worth knowing which before you apply.

Within Texas, the best-paying metros we track by median hourly rate are Arlington at $40/hr, Dallas at $39/hr, and Pasadena at $36/hr. If you can relocate or commute, that spread is worth factoring in.

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.

See all manufacturing welder openings if you want to compare this against similar roles.

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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. Manufacturing Mechanic figures were last recalculated when this page was built.