Melt Shop - Shift Maintenance Mechanic
Gerdau · Charlotte, NC
- Level
- Technician
- Team
- Reliability
- Base pay
- $101k–$132k
- Experience asked
- 2+ years
- Industry
- Metals
- Posted
- 10 days ago
The role in 30 seconds
A technician-level reliability role at Gerdau (metals) in Charlotte, NC. Health & Dependent Care (Flexible Spending Account).
- They ask for
- 2+ years
- Tools it names
- Welding
- Base pay
- $101k–$132k
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From the plant jobs report · week of November 2, 2026
Maintenance Technician roles in North Carolina: typical posted base $71k–$97k. This one lists $101k–$132k.
Median of the low and high ends of 8 live postings that list pay, out of 119 maintenance technician openings in North Carolina, read from manufacturers' own careers sites.
North Carolina plant jobs report →Pay by team and state →What moves pay →
How this role compares
Against 122 other live reliability postings in North Carolina.
- Base pay
- About 36% above similar roles
- Experience asked
- Less than usual (2+ vs 4+)
Typical $75k–$96k, from 6 postings that list pay.
Similar roles usually ask 4+ years.
Skills these teams ask for most
- ✓ Team leadership 43%
- PLC 40%
- ✓ Welding 37%
- Root cause 22%
- EHS / safety 21%
✓ = this posting asks for it too. % = share of similar postings that mention it.
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This plant: Gerdau in Charlotte
3 other open roles at this site · 4 people we found in reliability roles at Gerdau.
- Rolling Mill - Maintenance Mechanic · Reliability · Technician
- Melt Shop Maintenance Supervisor · Reliability · Supervisor
- Central Maintenance Supervisor · Reliability · Supervisor
Full description from GerdauAs posted on their careers site.ShowHide
Qualifications
- ✓High School Diploma or GED
- ✓A minimum of 2 years of maintenance experience in an industrial setting, preferably with heavy machinery.
- ✓Experience with mechanical or electrical repairs is required.
- ✓Welding and fabricating experience is a plus.
- ✓Flexibility to work rotating shift 7p-7a and 7a-7p.
- ✓Team-oriented with communication skills required to work with supervisors, engineers, maintenance, and production operators.
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Industrial Maintenance Mechanic – Rotating Shift
Depending on trade experience the rotating shift starts at $101000 - $132000 / year. Benefits start on your first day!
Are you a persistent person who enjoys identifying mechanical issues and finding ways to resolve them? Are you detail-oriented with the ability to organize and prioritize? Do you like working in a rugged and exciting environment? Join us as we build the future and the Gerdau We Are Creating .
We Have
- •A strong global presence with mini-mills that transform millions of metric tons of raw material to produce steel beams, flat-rolled steel, merchant bar, rebar, spikes, and wire used by the automotive industry, appliance, construction, machinery, and equipment industries.
- •A culture that welcomes diversity, encourages innovation and creates products that serve humanity.
- •An environment that values teamwork, safety, and sustainability.
- •A commitment to continuous improvement and the belief that we can create a better future for our employees and our global community by investing in people, processes, and technology.
We Offer
- •Comprehensive Medical, Prescription, Dental, Vision Plans – Eligible upon 1st day of hire
- •Health & Dependent Care (Flexible Spending Account)
- •100% Matching 401K up to 6%
- •Life/Accidental Life Insurance
- •Weekly Bonuses
- •Health Advocate Services
- •Parental Leave
- •Employee Assistance Program
- •Tuition Reimbursement Program
- •Career Path System and Training
- •An empowering and open culture with the opportunity to grow and create
Your
Your Purpose
You will perform maintenance and repair operations necessary to keep the mill, equipment, machinery, and tools in good operating conditions; working in the many and diversified capacities required in maintenance.
Your Work
- •You will have a variety of occasionally complex duties requiring considerable care to effectively and efficiently dismantle, repair, lubricate, reassemble, as wells as general maintenance in varied capacities such as an electrician, machine repair, millwright.
- •You will start, observe, and operate equipment to detect or verify the malfunction.
- •You will conduct preventive maintenance through inspecting, adjusting feed, speed power input and output, cleaning, and lubricating equipment.
- •You will tear down, replace, repair, install, and assemble equipment, parts, components, and accessories.
- •You will detect and report faulty material, environmental hazards, and/ or improper operation of mill equipment or machinery.