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Job Description

Overview

Signode is a leading manufacturer of transit packaging solutions with over $2B in revenue and 80+ manufacturing facilities worldwide. The Engineering Technician role involves supporting engineering and operations in development projects, including machinery assembly, testing, and troubleshooting.

Responsibilities

  • Support engineering/operations in development and application projects.
  • Assemble and break down automated machinery.
  • Conduct tests on development projects and record relevant data.
  • Troubleshoot equipment and perform necessary repairs on electrical and mechanical components.
  • Communicate and coordinate effectively with external customers globally.

Requirements

  • Associates degree or equivalent work experience.
  • Minimum of 5+ years’ experience.
  • Experience in development or technical support of industrial equipment is a plus.
  • Ability to read and interpret mechanical and electrical schematics.
  • Strong mechanical and electrical aptitude.

Benefits

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

Additional Information

  • Schedule: Monday - Friday 6:00am - 2:30pm with some overtime.
  • Travel domestically up to 10% of the time.

Benefits

Health Insurance
Dental
Vision
401k
PTO
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How this job compares in Roselle, IL

Pay in context

At roughly $30/hr, this posting lands within a few percent of the $31/hr median for welding jobs across Illinois, whose middle half runs $25–$38/hr across 243 postings with published pay. Put another way, it pays more than about 42% of the comparable postings we have wage data for. In other words it is a market-rate offer, so benefits, overtime, and shift schedule are where the real difference between this and the next posting on the list shows up.

The local market in Roselle, IL

Roselle, IL currently has 5 other active welding openings besides this one, spread across 5 employers. None of them were added in the last week, so this is a slower-moving market. Across Illinois as a whole we're tracking 349 other active welding openings from 257 employers. That's enough local activity to be worth comparing two or three offers before committing. Browse every welding job in Roselle, or widen the search to Illinois.

Signode currently has 1 other opening live in Illinois, which is usually a sign of either steady growth or steady turnover — worth asking which in the interview.

The most active employers in Illinois at the moment, by number of open welding reqs, are S&C Electric Company (16), Gerber Collision & Glass (7), and Ingersoll Rand (5). 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 $36/hr, Itasca at $36/hr, and Melrose Park at $34/hr. If you can relocate or commute, that spread is worth factoring in.

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Pay figures are medians computed from live postings in the Welding Pros index, not from survey data, and they move as employers post. Engineering Technician figures were last recalculated when this page was built.