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Overview

Custom Building Products is seeking an experienced Maintenance Mechanic for their Lithia Springs, GA plant. This full-time role offers a shift premium and requires a minimum of five years of industrial maintenance experience to ensure maximum uptime on manufacturing equipment.

Responsibilities

  • Knowledge in mechanical, electrical, pneumatic, and hydraulic equipment.
  • Install, repair, and maintain plant process machinery including mixers, packers, motors, pneumatic systems, and conveyor systems.
  • Perform electrical troubleshooting to determine and correct issues.
  • Operate light mobile equipment such as forklifts and portable welding machines.
  • Provide breakdown reports and maintain records for repair work.
  • Perform preventive and predictive maintenance on equipment.
  • Conduct some facility maintenance including plumbing and carpentry.

Requirements

  • At least five years of industrial maintenance experience.
  • Safety-minded with knowledge of occupational hazards and safety practices.
  • Strong sense of urgency and great work ethic.
  • Ability to understand technical service manuals.
  • PLC practical experience and troubleshooting skills.
  • Ability to operate a personal computer and basic applications.
  • Maintain a current state Driver’s License and a clean Motor Vehicle Record.
  • Good communication and interpersonal skills.
  • Capable of working in confined spaces.
  • Must be able to work overtime and on-call duties when necessary.
  • Able to perform heavy work and lift up to 50 pounds frequently.
  • Knowledge of NEC and NFPA codes and standards preferred.

Benefits

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

Additional Information

  • Full-time position Monday to Thursday, 4:00 PM to 2:30 PM.
  • Additional $1.00/hour shift premium.
  • Opportunity for advancement and overtime.

Benefits

Health Insurance
Dental
Vision
PTO
401k
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How this job compares in Lithia Springs, 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 Lithia Springs, GA

Lithia Springs, GA currently has 8 other active welding openings besides this one, spread across 5 employers. 2 of them were added in the last week. Across Georgia as a whole we're tracking 338 other active welding openings from 193 employers. That's enough local activity to be worth comparing two or three offers before committing. Browse every welding job in Lithia Springs, or widen the search to Georgia.

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 Lithia Springs, 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 Mechanic, 2nd sh + $1.00/hr. shift premium figures were last recalculated when this page was built.