Job Description

Overview

ImageFIRST® is the largest national linen rental and laundry service specializing in the healthcare market, dedicated to improving patient satisfaction and staff happiness. The Maintenance Assistant will support the installation and maintenance of facility machinery, contributing to the overall efficiency of operations.

Responsibilities

  • Assist with the installation of facility machinery
  • Assist with the performance of preventative and predictive maintenance on facility machinery
  • Assist with and learn to troubleshoot and repair facility machinery
  • Learn and assist with the program of PLC's
  • Assist with the ordering of tools and machinery parts
  • Complete daily maintenance and repair logs
  • Communicate with operators and management
  • Clean and maintain work area
  • Turn off and lock out equipment when not in use
  • Other duties as assigned

Requirements

  • Basic reading, writing, and arithmetic skills required, normally acquired through a high school diploma or equivalent
  • Familiar with working in HVAC, electrical, mechanical, hydraulic & pneumatic systems, plumbing, carpentry, piping systems, and PLC programming
  • Ability to read and interpret blueprints and schematics
  • Manual dexterity required for operating machinery and computers
  • Ability to lift up to 30 pounds required

Benefits

  • Weekly pay
  • Health Insurance
  • Dental
  • Vision
  • 401k
  • PTO
  • Paid Parental Leave
  • Tuition Reimbursement
  • Referral Program

Additional Information

  • Schedule 300am-1130am

Benefits

Weekly pay
Health Insurance
Dental
Vision
401k
PTO
Paid Parental Leave
Tuition Reimbursement
Referral Program

How this job compares in Addison, IL

Pay in context

At roughly $25/hr, this posting comes in about 20% below the $31/hr median for welding jobs across Illinois, where the middle half runs $25–$38/hr across 252 postings with published pay. Put another way, it pays more than about 25% of the comparable postings we have wage data for. That gap is worth raising directly — in a market this size there is normally room to negotiate toward the median, particularly if you already hold the certifications the posting asks for.

The local market in Addison, IL

Addison, IL currently has 5 other active welding openings besides this one, spread across 5 employers. 2 of them were added in the last week. 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 Addison, 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. If you can relocate or commute, that spread is worth factoring in.

Similar openings near Addison, IL

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