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Overview

The Maintenance Mechanic is responsible for the safe and effective mechanical and electrical troubleshooting and repair of all plant equipment at Ferrero N.A., including ovens and packaging equipment. This role also involves planned and preventive maintenance and is located in Chicago, IL.

Responsibilities

  • Troubleshoots and repairs packaging, baking, and processing equipment.
  • Diagnoses reasons for mechanical failures and understands basic electricity principles.
  • Provides basic maintenance services to the building, including the structure.
  • Repairs pneumatic, mechanical drive, and electrical components.
  • Safely operates shop equipment including hydraulic presses, Bridgeport, lathes, band saw, and hand-operated power tools.
  • Preferred skills in MIG, TIG, and stick welding.
  • Operates forklifts and aerial lifts.
  • Understands plant utilities equipment including chillers, HVAC, and air compressors.
  • Preferred experience in food processing.
  • Conducts basic electrical troubleshooting including fuses, motors, circuit breakers, and plant lighting.
  • Preferred experience with CMMS or ERP systems, specifically SAP.
  • Possesses basic computing skills.

Requirements

  • Minimum of 5 years maintenance experience or a combination of 3 years' experience and education.
  • At least 1 year of relevant maintenance experience.

Benefits

  • Health Insurance
  • PTO

Additional Information

  • The base salary range for this position is $37.90 - $44.15 per hour.
  • Actual compensation will be determined based on experience, qualifications, and other job-related factors.

Benefits

Health Insurance
PTO
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How this job compares in Chicago, IL

Pay in context

At roughly $41/hr, this posting sits about 14% above the $36/hr median for welding jobs in Chicago, IL — toward the top of a $27–$50/hr middle band drawn from 81 postings with published pay. Put another way, it pays more than about 67% 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 Chicago, IL

We're tracking 111 other active welding openings in Chicago, IL right now, from 77 different employers. 44 of them were added in the last week. Across Illinois as a whole we're tracking 367 other active welding openings from 266 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.

Ferrero 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 (18), Gerber Collision & Glass (8), 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 $36/hr, Itasca at $36/hr, and Melrose Park at $34/hr. Chicago is among them.

What you'll be running

This posting calls for MIG, TIG, and Stick 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. Maintenance Mechanic figures were last recalculated when this page was built.