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Overview

Grace, a Standard Industries company, is a leading global supplier of catalysts, engineered materials, and fine chemicals. They are seeking an experienced Millwright Maintenance Lead to join their Manufacturing team in south Chicago.

Responsibilities

  • Read and understand blueprints, schematics, and work orders for adjusting, overhauling, or repairing equipment and machinery.
  • Thread, cut, weld, drill, and prepare materials to complete work assignments.
  • Work alone or as part of a crew in/outdoors at the site, and may be required to work from ladders, scaffolding, lifts, roofs, and elevated platforms.
  • Collaborate with the Instrumentation and Electrical (I/E) department on motors, agitators, pumps, valves, and actuators.
  • Maintain a clean and orderly maintenance shop and work area during the shift.
  • Work with/around hazardous materials and wear the correct PPE necessary to perform work safely.
  • Perform preventive, corrective, and precision maintenance on mechanical equipment.
  • Participate in the development and implementation of new maintenance strategies and procedures.
  • Assist with the training and development of junior technicians and apprentices.
  • Operate forklifts and scissor lifts.

Requirements

  • Minimum of 5 years of experience in manufacturing with multi-craft experience.
  • Strong troubleshooting abilities and hands-on experience.
  • Ability to perform basic mathematical functions and understand units of measure.
  • Ability to physically maneuver in tight, high, or difficult spaces.
  • Strong knowledge of mechanical systems, including pumps, valves, compressors, and hydraulic systems.
  • Proficiency in the use of hand tools, power tools, and precision measuring instruments.
  • Certified welder using MIG, TIG or other welding procedures.
  • Certified millwright.
  • Qualified in precision laser alignments.
  • Qualified in Rigging.
  • Strong background in metallurgy.
  • Expertise in fabrication and pipefitting.
  • Experience in working on chemical equipment, conveyors, pumps, motors, utilities.

Benefits

  • Competitive Wages
  • 401k
  • Health Insurance
  • Dental
  • Vision
  • PTO

Additional Information

  • This is a daylight position and reports to the Maintenance Supervisor.
  • Located in south Chicago at Grace’s Chicago 71st site.

Benefits

Competitive Wages
401k
Health Insurance
Dental
Vision
PTO
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How this job compares in Chicago, IL

Pay in context

At roughly $50/hr, this posting sits about 53% above the $33/hr median for welding jobs in Chicago, IL — toward the top of a $25–$39/hr middle band drawn from 36 postings with published pay. Put another way, it pays more than about 86% 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 Chicago, IL

We're tracking 56 other active welding openings in Chicago, IL right now, from 35 different employers. 2 of them were added in the last week. Across Illinois as a whole we're tracking 237 other active welding openings from 174 employers. A metro this active generally means you have real leverage — employers here are competing for the same welders. Browse every welding job in Chicago, or widen the search to Illinois.

The most active employers in Illinois at the moment, by number of open welding reqs, are S&C Electric Company (14), Gerber Collision & Glass (9), and Aerotek (7). Volume like that usually means either a genuine expansion or a staffing agency working several client sites — worth knowing which before you apply.

Within Illinois, the best-paying metros we track by median hourly rate are Chicago at $33/hr and Peoria at $31/hr. Chicago is among them.

What you'll be running

This posting calls for MIG and TIG work. MIG (GMAW) feeds a continuous wire electrode through a shielding-gas nozzle. It lays down metal fast and is forgiving on clean material, which is why it dominates production and light fabrication work. TIG (GTAW) uses a non-consumable tungsten electrode with filler added by hand, giving the operator the most control of any process. It is slow, demanding, and the standard for stainless, aluminum, and anything where the bead has to look as good as it holds.

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