Salaries for maintenance techs 1

[fsmyth]

I have just been offered a job at a plant that makes
thick-wall pipe. Involves large DC motors and drives,
large induction heaters, 3kv overheads w/ mostly 480v
distribution, and all the associated cranes, hoists,
conveyers, lighting, etc. Looks interesting, but it
has been many years since I have worked for a salary.

Not exactly sure yet what the job description will
be, but they seemed very interested in my abilities
in board level repair, and seemed surprised at the
score on their motor and controls test (basically,
identifying components, 3-phase configurations, and
motor starters and control logic, plus a little math).
Based on the short tour through the (older) plant, it
looks like a lot of routine replacement maintenance.


What is a good starting range for south Texas, taking
into consideration that it would take a while to get
up to speed on large DC motors and controls?

 

[Barry1961]

http://www.salary.com

They try to sell other stuff but just ignore.

Barry1961

 

[itsmoked]

Hey! Don't be discounting yourself... You will be up to speed very quickly.

 

[ruggedscot]

Hey but will the motor be upto speed as fast ? he he.

ensure that you get the right money and dont down sell yourself - you are a skilled person and if they hire you then they have faith in you. Just get a couple of good books on the subject and read up on them. You should do fine.

Rugged

 

[dgallagher]

Here is a link to an article on Maintenance employees salaries 2001 through 2005:

http://www.reliableplant.com/article.asp?articleid=380

Dave G.

http://www.ReliabilityDirect.com

 

[HCBFlash]

Did you say "salary"? ...as in monthly pay figure and no definite specification of number of hours worked, and some "banking" of hours, and that sort of stuff? This is telling me no union, but that has pros and cons. You shouldn't have to take any less than $20/hr (averaged actual). Make sure you get firm "overtime" conditions in writing, as part of your contract! If you have to work non-dayshift you should get some sort of premium for that.

Benefits may be a bigger question when you're only getting $3.2k /mo gross. 10% co-pay with a $250 annual deductible, $20 co-pay on prescriptions. Dental and vision should be part of the package possibly with separate deductible on vision. If you get poorer benefits, you should get higher enough salary income to be able to pay for those things yourself.

Don't let yourself be seen as "limited skillset", see yourself as a specialist! You are not inexperienced (I assume), you're looking forward to learning their own unique needs. If you yourself know that you did good on their test, then they do too.

The BEST way to decide on the offer is to talk to the other electricians / tech's / mechanics, ->off-site<-!

Best wishes, good luck, and knock 'em dead!

remember: An opinion is only as good as the one who gives it!

 

[itsmoked]

HCBFlash; Nice response.