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LRS

Apprentice Mechanic - Maintenance - 3rd Shift

Location

Chicago, IL

Wage

$29.4 – $42/hr

Employment Type

Full-time

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Posted on August 25, 2026

Job Description

Overview

LRS is an industry leader in providing innovative and environmentally responsible waste and recycling solutions. The Apprentice Mechanic - 3rd Shift is responsible for troubleshooting and repairing mechanical problems in heavy vehicles and industrial equipment, ensuring operational readiness and safety.

Responsibilities

  • Maintains, repairs and overhauls heavy vehicles and industrial equipment.
  • Interprets work orders and technical manuals.
  • Keeps equipment clean, lubricated and maintained.
  • Diagnoses faults or malfunctions.
  • Adjusts equipment and repairs or replaces defective parts, components or systems.
  • Obeys all workplace health and safety and code of conduct workplace rules.
  • Undertakes the training and assessment required under the training plan.

Requirements

  • Ability to perform physical requirements of the job.
  • Repetitive lifting, pushing, pulling and climbing.
  • Ability to work in all weather conditions.
  • Excellent diagnostic and problem-solving skills.
  • Good hand-eye coordination and manual dexterity.
  • Waste industry experience is a plus.
  • Completion of college or vocational or technical training is a plus.
  • Experience with routine maintenance operations is required.
  • A valid CDL driver license is a plus.
  • Must be 21 years of age or older.

Additional Information

  • Work schedule is 3rd Shift from 10:00pm to 6:00am.
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How this job compares in Chicago, IL

Pay in context

At roughly $36/hr, this posting lands within a few percent of the $36/hr median for welding jobs in Chicago, IL, whose middle half runs $27–$50/hr across 81 postings with published pay. Put another way, it pays more than about 49% of the comparable postings we have wage data for. In other words it is a market-rate offer, so benefits, overtime, and shift schedule are where the real difference between this and the next posting on the list shows up.

The local market in Chicago, IL

We're tracking 111 other active welding openings in Chicago, IL right now, from 76 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 265 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 (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.

Similar openings near Chicago, IL

Pay figures are medians computed from live postings in the Welding Pros index, not from survey data, and they move as employers post. Apprentice Mechanic - Maintenance - 3rd Shift figures were last recalculated when this page was built.