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Overview

Howmet Aerospace Inc. is seeking a Maintenance Technician to mechanically troubleshoot, repair, and maintain industrial machinery and equipment. The company is a leading global provider of advanced engineered solutions for the aerospace and transportation industries.

Responsibilities

  • Mechanically troubleshoot, repair and maintain all types of industrial machinery, equipment and systems.
  • Rebuild or repair machines or assemblies to original operating conditions.
  • Work with CNC machines, punch presses, and spot-welding equipment.
  • Manage project work and document product equipment or processes.
  • Communicate and review repair problems with Engineering, the Tool Room, Production Team Leads or vendors.
  • Perform equipment failure analyses including preventative and unscheduled maintenance.
  • Plan and implement preventative and predictive maintenance programs to maximize equipment up time.
  • Keep neat orderly records and order spare parts.
  • Perform other duties as assigned.

Requirements

  • High School Diploma or GED equivalent.
  • Previous manufacturing experience.
  • Ability to fabricate, weld, or machine parts as required.
  • Knowledge of mechanical troubleshooting including power transmission, fluid power, and pneumatics.
  • Ability to read, write, and understand written specifications, procedures, and prints.
  • Ability to design and execute from verbal instructions.
  • Good mechanical aptitude and ability to work on close-tolerance equipment and/or parts.
  • Ability to use various measuring devices such as torque wrench, micrometers, Vernier calipers, and dial indicators.
  • Ability to use math to calculate dimensions and determine equipment setups.
  • Safety and quality conscious.
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How this job compares in Skokie, IL

Pay in context

At roughly $35/hr, this posting lands within a few percent of the $33/hr median for welding jobs in Skokie, IL, whose middle half runs $28–$63/hr across 8 postings with published pay. Put another way, it pays more than about 63% 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 Skokie, IL

We're tracking 10 other active welding openings in Skokie, IL right now, from 9 different employers. 4 of them were added in the last week. Across Illinois as a whole we're tracking 338 other active welding openings from 199 employers. A metro this active generally means you have real leverage — employers here are competing for the same welders. Browse every welding job in Skokie, or widen the search to Illinois.

Howmet Aerospace 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 Gerber Collision & Glass (17), Staff on Site (13), and S&C Electric Company (10). 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 $39/hr, Elk Grove Village at $34/hr, and Franklin Park at $33/hr. If you can relocate or commute, that spread is worth factoring in.

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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. Maintenance Technician figures were last recalculated when this page was built.