Maintenance Mechanic
Location
Chicago, IL
Wage
$31 – $35/hr
Employment Type
Full-time
Posted on August 4, 2026
Location
Chicago, IL
Wage
$31 – $35/hr
Employment Type
Full-time
Posted on August 4, 2026
Material Sciences Corporation (MSC) is a leader in metal laminating and advanced material solutions, seeking a Maintenance Mechanic for their Elk Grove facility. The role involves maintaining, servicing, and repairing machinery and support equipment in a collaborative and safety-focused environment.
At roughly $33/hr, this posting lands within a few percent of the $35/hr median for welding jobs in Chicago, IL, whose middle half runs $25–$39/hr across 36 postings with published pay. Put another way, it pays more than about 50% 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.
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 $35/hr and Peoria at $31/hr. Chicago is among them.
Pay figures are medians computed from live postings in the Welding Pros index, not from survey data, and they move as employers post. Maintenance Mechanic figures were last recalculated when this page was built.