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Overview

The Maintenance Technician position at Kohler Waters Spa in Lincoln Park involves performing preventative maintenance and repairs on spa facilities, ensuring a safe and functional environment for guests. Kohler is committed to providing a supportive work culture and offers a variety of benefits from day one.

Responsibilities

  • Perform scheduled preventative maintenance inspections and service for specified equipment, machinery, and systems throughout the Spa facilities.
  • Perform simple repairs to buildings or equipment at Spa facilities as requested through work orders.
  • Provide assistance to more experienced Technicians in addressing complex inspections or repairs when more than one person is required.
  • Monitor assigned external areas of the Spa facilities for safe and functional use by patrons.
  • Participate in training programs to develop skills, knowledge, and background as it pertains to the Spa facilities.
  • Maintain accurate preventative maintenance inspection reports, work schedules, backlog, and completed work order reports.
  • Recommend ordering of maintenance spare parts and materials for repairs and/or inventory.
  • Maintain storage areas in an orderly manner in compliance with all building fire and safety codes.
  • Communicate regularly via electronically and verbally to pass along information to the next shift and/or maintenance department for follow-up and/or awareness.
  • Perform other duties as assigned.

Requirements

  • High School graduate.
  • Additional technical training in mechanical, electrical, carpentry, HVAC, tiling, pools, and/or plumbing preferred.
  • Minimum of one (1) year experience in a skilled trade position.
  • Must be a motivated tradesman capable of working independently with little supervision.
  • Must be fully reliable, courteous, and maintain a favorable personal appearance.
  • Applicants must be authorized to work in the US without requiring sponsorship now or in the future.

Benefits

  • Health Insurance
  • Dental
  • Vision
  • 401k

Additional Information

  • This is a full-time opportunity, working weekdays & weekends.
  • Shifts vary from 6:00am-9:00pm.
  • Location: Lincoln Park, IL.

Benefits

Health Insurance
Dental
Vision
401k
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How this job compares in Chicago, IL

Pay in context

At roughly $22/hr, this posting comes in about 38% below the $36/hr median for welding jobs in Chicago, IL, where the middle half runs $27–$50/hr across 81 postings with published pay. Put another way, it pays more than about 10% 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 Chicago, IL

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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.

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