Job Description

Overview

The Industrial Maintenance Technician is responsible for facility maintenance, including preventive maintenance, machine repair, tool repair, and maintenance of the general facility.

Responsibilities

  • Repair or replace defective equipment parts using hand tools and power tools.
  • Perform routine preventive maintenance to ensure machines run smoothly.
  • Inspect drives, motors, and belts, check fluid levels, and replace filters.
  • Use a variety of tools, including hand and power tools and precision measuring instruments.
  • Assemble, install, or repair wiring, electrical components, pipe systems, and machinery.
  • Diagnose mechanical problems and determine corrective actions.
  • Inspect, operate, and test machinery to diagnose malfunctions.
  • Record type and cost of maintenance or repair work.
  • Clean and lubricate parts of machinery.
  • Dismantle devices to access and remove defective parts.
  • Identify and source spare and replacement parts.

Requirements

  • Certificate or credential in a specialized field or trade.
  • Experience with CMMS preferred.
  • High School Diploma/GED required plus Technical/Trade School or equivalent experience.
  • Prior manufacturing work experience in operating machinery and using hand tools.
  • Ability to read and interpret measuring devices.
  • Must be able to work in the US.
  • Skills in equipment maintenance, repairing, troubleshooting, active listening, installation, equipment selection, critical thinking, reading comprehension, operation monitoring, coordination, and teamwork.
  • Ability to perform complex mechanical and electrical troubleshooting.
  • Excellent communication and follow-up skills.
  • Detail and task oriented.
  • Basic computer skills including MS Excel and Word.

How this job compares in Franklin Park, IL

Pay in context

This employer didn't publish a rate. For reference, welding jobs across Illinois currently run a median of $32/hr in our index, with the middle half of them falling between $27–$39/hr across 266 postings with published pay. That median is a reasonable floor to anchor on when a recruiter asks what you're looking for.

The local market in Franklin Park, IL

Franklin Park, IL is a small market in our index: 1 other active welding opening alongside this one, from 1 employer. Across Illinois as a whole we're tracking 371 other active welding openings from 240 employers. With this few local postings, most welders here end up either commuting or looking at travel work. Browse welding jobs across Illinois.

The most active employers in Illinois at the moment, by number of open welding reqs, are Staff on Site (13), S&C Electric Company (12), and Gerber Collision & Glass (11). 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 $38/hr, Itasca at $36/hr, and Downers Grove at $36/hr. If you can relocate or commute, that spread is worth factoring in.

Similar openings near Franklin Park, IL

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