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Overview

Fuchs Lubricants Co. is the United States operating unit of Fuchs Petrolub S.E., the world's largest independent manufacturer of specialty lubricants. The Maintenance Mechanic will provide expertise in repairing, troubleshooting, and maintaining the Harvey facility while assisting with training in preventive maintenance techniques.

Responsibilities

  • Performing various Preventive Maintenance activities, completing work orders, and recording information in Manager+.
  • Troubleshooting motor control systems and replacing defective devices such as fuses, motor starters, relays, and power supplies.
  • Troubleshooting 3-phase and 1-phase equipment including pumps, agitators, air-compressors, and hydraulic systems.
  • Troubleshooting plant instrumentation such as flow meters, level meters, flow switches, temperature transmitters, and pressure transmitters.
  • Troubleshooting PLC controlled automated systems including actuated valves and associated interlocks.
  • Maintaining systems to be mechanically compliant with the state of Illinois such as the Facility Fire System, Steam boilers, and Elevator lifts.
  • Repairing and replacing various types of mechanical seals in fluid power equipment.
  • Fabrication and piping skills such as welding and piping assembly.
  • Repairing mobile equipment such as forklifts, aerial lifts, and pallet-lifting equipment.
  • Working in a safe manner following all site safety procedures and work permit processes.
  • Responding and correcting ASRS fault codes as well as interfacing with Savannah, the warehouse management system.
  • Performing electrical tasks such as unwiring/wiring of different pieces of electrical equipment like motors, drives, valves, lights, contactors, ballasts, and instrumentation devices.
  • Troubleshooting fault alarms to determine the problem and solution, as well as assisting operations in the FT Batch program.
  • Assisting in other departmental duties as needed.

Requirements

  • High School Diploma and 5+ years of experience.
  • Technical School Certification is a plus.
  • Experience in automation and fabrication required.
  • Experience with hydraulic and pneumatic systems.
  • High Proficiency in electrical systems.
  • High Proficiency in plumbing systems.
  • Experience with programming PLCs.
  • Ability to interpret mechanical and electrical schematics.
  • Experience with Welding and Piping Assembly.
  • Excellent communication and interpersonal skills.

Additional Information

  • The salary range for this position is from $36-$38 depending on experience and qualifications.
  • This role will be for 1st shift with the hours of 7 am - 3:30 pm.
  • There is the potential for overtime hours.
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How this job compares in Harvey, IL

Pay in context

At roughly $37/hr, this posting sits about 19% above the $31/hr median for welding jobs across Illinois — toward the top of a $25–$38/hr middle band drawn from 244 postings with published pay. Put another way, it pays more than about 73% 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 Harvey, IL

Harvey, IL currently has 3 other active welding openings besides this one, spread across 2 employers. None of them were added in the last week, so this is a slower-moving market. Across Illinois as a whole we're tracking 367 other active welding openings from 265 employers. That's enough local activity to be worth comparing two or three offers before committing. Browse every welding job in Harvey, 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 (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 Itasca at $56/hr, Chicago at $36/hr, and Melrose Park at $34/hr. If you can relocate or commute, that spread is worth factoring in.

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