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Maintenance Mechanic

Spectrum Staffing Services

Rahway, NJ

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SUMMARY

Join a fast-paced manufacturing environment where you'll help keep production running by maintaining, troubleshooting, and repairing industrial equipment and facility systems. This role offers hands-on technical work, opportunities to expand your mechanical skills, and the chance to make a direct impact on equipment reliability and operational efficiency.


RESPONSIBILITIES

  • Perform preventive and corrective maintenance on manufacturing equipment and facility systems.
  • Troubleshoot and repair mechanical, hydraulic, pneumatic, and basic electrical issues.
  • Complete scheduled PMs and accurately document maintenance activities in a maintenance management system.
  • Support welding, fabrication, pipe fitting, and machine shop projects as needed.
  • Repair and maintain HVAC, plumbing, lighting, heating systems, pumps, forklifts, and other facility equipment.
  • Identify potential equipment failures and recommend corrective actions to minimize downtime.
  • Safely operate maintenance tools, hand tools, welders, grinders, lifts, and other shop equipment.
  • Maintain a clean, organized, and safe work environment while following all safety and quality procedures.
  • Assist with equipment installations, facility improvements, and other maintenance projects as assigned.


QUALIFICATIONS

  • Trade school education or equivalent industrial maintenance experience preferred.
  • 3–5 years of industrial maintenance or manufacturing maintenance experience.
  • Strong troubleshooting skills involving mechanical, hydraulic, pneumatic, and basic electrical systems.
  • Ability to read mechanical drawings, blueprints, and schematics.
  • Experience with welding and metal fabrication; certification is a plus.
  • Familiarity with forklifts, scissor lifts, machine shop equipment, and power tools.
  • Basic computer skills with Microsoft Office and willingness to learn maintenance software.
  • Comfortable working at heights, in confined spaces, and lifting up to 50 lbs.
  • Ability to work overtime, weekends, and flexible hours when needed.


BENEFITS

  • Stable full-time opportunity with consistent hours.
  • Hands-on work with a wide variety of industrial equipment and facility systems.
  • Opportunity to expand technical maintenance, welding, and troubleshooting skills.
  • Collaborative maintenance team supporting continuous improvement and operational reliability.
  • Long-term career growth within a manufacturing environment.


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