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Overview

We are looking for a Maintenance Technician in Alton, IL for a 1st shift position. The Maintenance Technician will be responsible for installation and repair of machines, predominantly CNC, in the fabrication facilities, performing preventative and reactive maintenance on all production equipment.

Responsibilities

  • Maintains and repairs machinery using Preventative Maintenance work orders and daily check lists.
  • Troubleshoots, inspects, and diagnoses problems and corrects as necessary.
  • Installs new power requirements for machinery and replaces broken power receptacles.
  • Builds new storage racks for corporate location and all branches.
  • Possesses working knowledge of mechanical/electrical machine practices.
  • Records maintenance and repair work performed.

Requirements

  • Requires a high school education or GED plus additional specialized training in electrical and welding trades.
  • 2 years of Vocational/Technical School preferred.
  • Requires a minimum of two to three (2-3) years of experience in machinery maintenance, electricity, and plumbing.
  • Knowledgeable in various maintenance topics including electricity, plumbing, mechanics, hydraulics, HVAC, pumps, etc.
  • Familiarity with CNC machines.
  • 3 Phase experience.
  • Forklift License required.

Benefits

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

Additional Information

  • This position is a 1st shift position.
  • Willing to travel for brief periods of time.

Benefits

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

Pay in context

At roughly $33/hr, this posting sits about 12% above the $29/hr median for welding jobs across Illinois — toward the top of a $23–$35/hr middle band drawn from 142 postings with published pay. Put another way, it pays more than about 68% 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 Alton, IL

This is the only active welding job we're currently tracking in Alton, IL, which makes it worth moving on quickly — there is no local competing offer to weigh it against. Across Illinois as a whole we're tracking 237 other active welding openings from 174 employers. Browse welding jobs across 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. 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. Maintenance Technician figures were last recalculated when this page was built.