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Overview

Fellowes Brands is seeking an Equipment Maintenance Mechanic II for the 2nd shift to perform preventative maintenance, troubleshoot and repair production equipment, and ensure a safe work environment. The company is recognized as one of America’s Best Midsize Employers and a Top Workplace by the Chicago Tribune.

Responsibilities

  • Perform routine duties of preventative maintenance on plant production equipment.
  • Troubleshoot and repair plant production equipment.
  • Assist other maintenance personnel.
  • Monitor equipment performance and perform general housekeeping.
  • Promote and maintain a safe and clean work environment.
  • Provide suggestions for improving departmental processes and performance goals.
  • Work from prints, sketches, instructions, manuals, and schematics.
  • Operate, repair, and maintain all production equipment.
  • Assist with machine set-ups for production as necessary.
  • Work with little or no supervision and take ownership of tasks.
  • Perform duties involving mechanical, electrical, pneumatic, and hydraulic applications.
  • Fabricate, develop, assemble, and install equipment.
  • Perform routine safety checks on production equipment.
  • Report equipment problems and lockout/tagout situations to the Supervisor.
  • Account for tasks and parts usages in MP2.
  • Minimize unscheduled downtime.
  • Perform other related duties as assigned.

Requirements

  • Good oral and written communication skills.
  • Successfully pass mechanical aptitude exams.
  • Complete lift truck operation tests and maintain appropriate licensing.
  • Attention to detail and ability to follow instructions.
  • Ability to perform repetitive tasks consistently.
  • Maintain consistent and acceptable attendance.
  • Available for overtime and weekend work as needed.
  • Ability to fulfill essential job functions in a safe manner.
  • Abide by all safety policies and procedures.
  • Meet all Mechanic I qualifications.
  • Prior mechanical and manufacturing experience with at least five years in the field.
  • Sufficient keyboard and PC literacy to complete work orders in MP2.

Additional Information

  • This is a second shift position from 2 PM to 10 PM, Monday to Friday.
  • The hiring range for this position in Itasca is $25-32 per hour, with a $0.60 Shift Differential.
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How this job compares in Itasca, IL

Pay in context

At roughly $29/hr, this posting lands within a few percent of the $31/hr median for welding jobs across Illinois, whose middle half runs $25–$38/hr across 250 postings with published pay. Put another way, it pays more than about 39% 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 Itasca, IL

Itasca, IL currently has 7 other active welding openings besides this one, spread across 5 employers. 4 of them were added in the last week. Across Illinois as a whole we're tracking 367 other active welding openings from 266 employers. That's enough local activity to be worth comparing two or three offers before committing. Browse every welding job in Itasca, or widen the search to Illinois.

Fellowes Brands 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 Itasca at $56/hr, Chicago at $36/hr, and Melrose Park at $34/hr. Itasca is among them.

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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. Equipment Maintenance Mechanic II - 2nd Shift figures were last recalculated when this page was built.