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Maintenance Mechanic - 3rd Shift

Smurfit Westrock · Dayton Container, NJ

Level
Technician
Team
Reliability
Degree
Required
Experience asked
1+ years
Industry
Packaging
Posted
17 days ago

The role in 30 seconds

A technician-level reliability role at Smurfit Westrock (packaging) in Dayton Container, NJ. Installs, starts up and shuts down equipment in accordance with company safety procedures for machine activation and shutdown and in line with OSHA requirements.

They ask for
1+ years · degree required
Tools it names
PLC, EHS / safety
Day to day
some off-shift / weekend coverage

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From the plant jobs report · week of November 2, 2026

Maintenance Technician roles in the US: typical posted base $62k–$88k.

Median of the low and high ends of 74 live postings that list pay, out of 2992 maintenance technician openings in the US, read from manufacturers' own careers sites.

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How this role compares

Against 39 other live reliability postings in New Jersey.

Experience asked
Less than usual (1+ vs 5+)

Similar roles usually ask 5+ years.

Skills these teams ask for most

  • Team leadership 53%
  • ✓ PLC 48%
  • Welding 28%
  • ✓ EHS / safety 25%
  • FDA / GMP 23%
  • SAP 23%

✓ = this posting asks for it too. % = share of similar postings that mention it.

It asks for 1+ years. If you're close, apply anyway: requirements are a wish list. Talk to someone doing this work there first.

At a glance

Off-shift / weekend coverage

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This plant: Smurfit Westrock in Dayton Container

2 other open roles at this site.

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requirements

for working safely with electrical/electronic and mechanical equipment and components.

  • ✓Informs appropriate management and line mechanics of potential electrical/mechanical problems and inherent dangers involved.
  • ✓Maintains company-required performance and maintenance records for identified equipment.
  • ✓Performs preventive maintenance functions as directed.
  • ✓Assists maintenance personnel with technical troubleshooting.
  • ✓Assists and trains other maintenance and/or other technical level employees.
  • ✓Performs other duties as required.

Requirements

  • ✓The employee is frequently required to walk, occasionally required to sit, climb, or balance, stoop, kneel, crouch or crawl.
  • ✓The employee must frequently lift and/or move objects up to twenty (20) pounds and occasionally lift and/or move objects up to fifty (50) pounds.
  • ✓May on occasion have to work long hours and overtime during emergencies, weekends, holidays, planned major equipment outages, etc.

The starting range is $35.39/hr-$40.31/hr depending on your role, level, and location. The benefits for this role may include short-term bonus incentive, health, dental and vision insurance, flexible spending accounts or health savings accounts, retirement savings plans, life and disability insurance programs, and paid sick leave as required by applicable state/local law, 5 days of paid vacation will be granted after 1 year of service, and 12 days of paid holidays, subject to annual change. Your actual pay will be based on your work location and other factors, such as your skills, experience, and education. To learn more about the specific salary range for your preferred location, please contact your recruiter during the hiring process. You may apply online at www.westrock.com/company/careers and the application window is expected to close by 9/21/26

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Maintenance Mechanic - Dayton, NJ

Shift: 3rd Shift

Pay: $35.39/hr

How you will impact WestRock

  • •Troubleshoots and repairs mechanical, hydraulic, pneumatic and electrical/electronic equipment including but not limited to programmable controls, numeral controls, power supplies, drives, gages and test equipment.
  • •Plans and performs work requiring a thorough knowledge of electrical/electronic and mechanical theories and principles, writing specifications, local and national electrical codes, properties of various materials, and principles of operation and application of electronic equipment.
  • •Installs, starts up and shuts down equipment in accordance with company safety procedures for machine activation and shutdown and in line with OSHA requirements.
  • •Advises operators and line mechanics of operation procedures and

to succeed

  • •Must be educationally certified through a tech or trade school beyond High School
  • •Must be highly safety conscious.
  • •Proven experience in the electrical/electronics, mechanical, hydraulic and pneumatic fields are required and the ability to demonstrate high proficiency in these areas.
  • •A thorough knowledge of electrical/ electronic components and equipment including the use of special instruments for diagnostic purposes.
  • •Willing to work any shift and overtime as required.
  • •Computer experience/operation and PLC programming are necessary.
  • •High degree of precision working with minimum tolerances required.
  • •Ability to climb in overhead structures, to work beneath machines and in close quarters performing analysis and repair work.

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