Maintenance Mechanic - 2nd Shift (Major)
Location
Chicago, IL
Posted on August 20, 2026
Location
Chicago, IL
Posted on August 20, 2026
The Maintenance Mechanic is responsible for proactively maintaining the operation of machinery and mechanical equipment through preventive and predictive maintenance.
This employer didn't publish a rate. For reference, welding jobs in Chicago, IL currently run a median of $33/hr in our index, with the middle half of them falling between $25–$39/hr across 37 postings with published pay. That median is a reasonable floor to anchor on when a recruiter asks what you're looking for.
We're tracking 56 other active welding openings in Chicago, IL right now, from 35 different employers. 1 of them was 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.
This posting calls for TIG. 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.
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 - 2nd Shift (Major) figures were last recalculated when this page was built.