Sr. Maintenance Technician
Location
Atlanta, GA
Wage
$28.81 – $33.89/hr
Employment Type
Full-time
Posted on November 9, 2026
Location
Atlanta, GA
Wage
$28.81 – $33.89/hr
Employment Type
Full-time
Posted on November 9, 2026
The Sr. Maintenance Technician is responsible for ensuring the efficient operation and maintenance of mechanical, electrical, and plumbing equipment and systems for assigned properties. This role includes performing preventive and corrective maintenance, maintaining a clean and safe working environment, and responding to emergency situations.
At roughly $31/hr, this posting sits about 12% above the $28/hr median for welding jobs in Atlanta, GA — toward the top of a $22–$35/hr middle band drawn from 32 postings with published pay. Put another way, it pays more than about 75% of the comparable postings we have wage data for. Pay that far above local median usually comes attached to something: a harder cert requirement, travel, night shift, or overtime that isn't really optional. Worth establishing which before you accept.
We're tracking 94 other active welding openings in Atlanta, GA right now, from 66 different employers. 32 of them were added in the last week. Across Georgia as a whole we're tracking 338 other active welding openings from 194 employers. A metro this active generally means you have real leverage — employers here are competing for the same welders. Browse every welding job in Atlanta, or widen the search to Georgia.
Cushman & Wakefield currently has 1 other opening 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. Atlanta is among them.
Pay figures are medians computed from live postings in the Welding Pros index, not from survey data, and they move as employers post. Sr. Maintenance Technician figures were last recalculated when this page was built.