Job Description

Overview

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.

Responsibilities

  • Perform all plumbing, electrical, or HVAC requirements of the building(s)
  • Maintain heating equipment, chillers, DX units, pumps, cooling towers, and air distribution systems
  • Monitor and adjust all mechanical/pneumatic equipment and control gauges
  • Verify field conditions and perform necessary repairs or adjustments
  • Monitor Energy Management
  • Repair doors, ceilings, hand railings, and floors
  • Perform repairs to plumbing fixtures
  • Conduct preventive maintenance duties in accordance with standards and best practices
  • Inspect engine room equipment, fan room equipment, and other systems
  • Check for properly operating emergency exit signs and lights
  • Document and report activities to supervisor
  • Respond immediately to emergency situations and customer concerns
  • Comply with all applicable codes, regulations, and safety practices
  • Complete all required safety training annually
  • Maintain a neat and clean appearance while on the property

Requirements

  • 5+ years of related work experience in operating mechanical, electrical, and plumbing systems in a commercial property setting
  • High School Diploma or GED Equivalent
  • Graduate of apprentice program or trade school preferred
  • Appropriate license/permit for trade as may be required
  • Certification as a Universal Technician for CFC’s may be required
  • Possess and maintain a valid driver’s license and good driving record
  • Basic Computing Skills in Outlook, Excel & Word
  • Experience in operation, maintenance, and basic repair of HVAC, boilers, heaters, and pumps
  • Knowledgeable in energy management systems and operations
  • Thorough knowledge in all building systems operations, maintenance, and repair

Benefits

  • Health Insurance
  • Vision
  • Dental
  • PTO

Additional Information

  • May be required to work extended periods of time without relief during emergencies
  • Regularly required to travel between properties in varying weather conditions

Benefits

Health Insurance
Vision
Dental
PTO

How this job compares in Atlanta, GA

Pay in context

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.

The local market in Atlanta, GA

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.

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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. Sr. Maintenance Technician figures were last recalculated when this page was built.