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Overview

As an S&C Electric team member, you’ll work on projects that have real-world impact, helping to transform the grid for resilient and reliable power worldwide. The Advanced Maintenance Technician independently maintains, troubleshoots, and repairs a wide range of CNC, robotic, and automated manufacturing equipment, contributing to equipment reliability and continuous improvement efforts.

Responsibilities

  • Independently perform preventive, predictive, and corrective maintenance on mechanical, electrical, pneumatic, and hydraulic systems.
  • Diagnose and repair mechanical failures involving spindles, bearings, ball screws, gearboxes, and drive systems.
  • Troubleshoot electrical systems including motors, sensors, interlocks, safety circuits, and VFDs.
  • Perform PLC-based troubleshooting using I/O status, fault codes, and basic online monitoring.
  • Recover and restart CNC and robotic systems following equipment faults or process upsets.
  • Support robotic cells including tooling, alignment, and basic safety validation.
  • Perform precision alignment, leveling, and calibration of equipment.
  • Fabricate and repair components using manual machining, cutting, fitting, and welding.
  • Execute MIG welding and basic TIG welding for equipment and fixture repair.
  • Assist with machine installations, upgrades, and moderate rebuild activities.
  • Accurately document work, root cause, and recommendations in CMMS.
  • Provide day-to-day guidance and informal mentoring to junior technicians.
  • Adhere to all safety, lockout/tagout, and environmental requirements.

Requirements

  • Approximately 5 years experience in industrial or manufacturing maintenance.
  • Strong mechanical troubleshooting skills across rotating and precision equipment.
  • Solid AC/DC electrical diagnostic skills.
  • Working knowledge of PLC-controlled equipment (I/O, fault diagnostics, safe recovery).
  • Proficient in hydraulic and pneumatic system troubleshooting.
  • Ability to read and interpret mechanical drawings, electrical schematics, and blueprints.
  • Experience with CNC equipment maintenance and automated production systems.
  • Competent use of precision measurement tools and alignment equipment.
  • Ability to work independently with minimal supervision.

Benefits

  • Health Insurance
  • PTO
  • 401k

Additional Information

  • Hours: 2:30pm - 11pm (Monday - Friday), Occasional OT on Saturdays.

Benefits

Health Insurance
PTO
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How this job compares in Chicago, IL

Pay in context

At roughly $35/hr, this posting comes in about 10% below the $39/hr median for welding jobs in Chicago, IL, where the middle half runs $30–$50/hr across 69 postings with published pay. Put another way, it pays more than about 35% of the comparable postings we have wage data for. That gap is worth raising directly — in a market this size there is normally room to negotiate toward the median, particularly if you already hold the certifications the posting asks for.

The local market in Chicago, IL

We're tracking 91 other active welding openings in Chicago, IL right now, from 51 different employers. 26 of them were added in the last week. Across Illinois as a whole we're tracking 352 other active welding openings from 206 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.

S&C Electric Company currently has 9 other openings 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 Gerber Collision & Glass (17), Staff on Site (13), and S&C Electric Company (9). 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 $39/hr, Elk Grove Village at $34/hr, and Franklin Park at $33/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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Pay figures are medians computed from live postings in the Welding Pros index, not from survey data, and they move as employers post. Technician-Advanced 2nd Shift figures were last recalculated when this page was built.