Job Description

Overview

The Maintenance Technician position involves using advanced technical knowledge to troubleshoot and repair plant equipment, buildings, and grounds. The role requires performing a variety of skilled maintenance tasks to ensure the functionality of electrical systems, heating systems, plumbing, and machinery.

Responsibilities

  • Troubleshoots and repairs equipment using programmable logic controllers (PLC).
  • Performs various duties relating to automation and robotics, machine shop fabrication, and preventative maintenance.
  • Works closely with engineers and outside vendors to resolve complex process or equipment issues.
  • Trains employees, assigns and directs work, and provides feedback to supervisors.
  • Addresses complaints and resolves problems.
  • Performs other duties as assigned.

Requirements

  • High School diploma or General Education Degree.
  • 3 years of technical experience using mechanical, electrical, and hydraulic skills.
  • Advanced troubleshooting skills using mechanical, electrical, hydraulic knowledge.
  • Demonstrated leadership skills.
  • Good teamwork, interpersonal, and communication skills.
  • Knowledge of tooling practices and applications.
  • Basic computer skills.
  • Fluent in English and primary language used in area of responsibility.

Additional Information

  • May be required to lift or carry engines, parts, and/or other materials of various sizes and weights.
  • Ability to perform occasional to frequent pushing, pulling, bending, kneeling, twisting, crawling and/or reaching over a full work shift (8-12 hours).
  • Ability to stand and/or walk constantly over a full work shift (8-12 hours).
  • Ability to use power/vibrating tools over a full work shift (8-12 hours).
  • Exposure to noise levels for which hearing protection is required to be worn over a full work shift (8-12 hours).
  • Ability to operate motorized vehicles over a full work shift (8-12 hours).

How this job compares in Stone Mountain, GA

Pay in context

This employer didn't publish a rate. For reference, welding jobs across Georgia currently run a median of $29/hr in our index, with the middle half of them falling between $25–$39/hr across 108 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 Stone Mountain, GA

Stone Mountain, GA currently has 5 other active welding openings besides this one, spread across 3 employers. 3 of them were added in the last week. Across Georgia as a whole we're tracking 338 other active welding openings from 194 employers. That's enough local activity to be worth comparing two or three offers before committing. Browse every welding job in Stone Mountain, or widen the search to Georgia.

Briggs & Stratton currently has 2 other openings live in Georgia, which is usually a sign of either steady growth or steady turnover — worth asking which in the interview.

The most active employers in Georgia at the moment, by number of open welding reqs, are Lockheed Martin (12), Southern Industrial Constructors, Inc. (10), and Classic Collision (9). Volume like that usually means either a genuine expansion or a staffing agency working several client sites — worth knowing which before you apply.

Within Georgia, the best-paying metros we track by median hourly rate are Marietta at $42/hr, Forest Park at $39/hr, and Atlanta at $28/hr. If you can relocate or commute, that spread is worth factoring in.

Similar openings near Stone Mountain, GA

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