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Overview

Dreisilker Electric Motors is seeking a dependable and hardworking individual for an entry-level Repair Center Laborer position. This role involves hands-on training in electric motor repair, providing a pathway to a skilled career in the electric motor industry.

Responsibilities

  • Strip electric motors and related equipment in preparation for inspection and repair.
  • Steam clean motors, parts, and components.
  • Clean, organize, and prepare parts for the next stage of the repair process.
  • Assist mechanics, winders, and other Repair Center employees as needed.
  • Safely use hand tools, power tools, cleaning equipment, and material-handling equipment.
  • Move motors, parts, and materials throughout the shop.
  • Maintain a clean, organized, and safe work area.
  • Follow all company safety procedures and wear required personal protective equipment.
  • Learn how electric motors are constructed, inspected, repaired, and rebuilt.
  • Participate in training and development opportunities for future advancement.

Requirements

  • Dependable and able to arrive on time each day.
  • Willingness to learn and take direction.
  • Strong work ethic and attention to detail.
  • Comfortable working in an industrial repair-shop environment.
  • Ability to work safely around machinery, tools, cleaning equipment, grease, dirt, and heat.
  • Mechanically inclined or interested in learning a skilled trade.
  • Ability to work independently and as part of a team.
  • Previous manufacturing, warehouse, automotive, maintenance, construction, or mechanical experience is helpful but not required.
  • Ability to stand and walk for most of the workday.
  • Ability to bend, kneel, reach, push, pull, and perform repetitive tasks.
  • Ability to lift and carry up to 50 pounds.
  • Ability to safely work around motors, machinery, cleaning chemicals, steam-cleaning equipment, and industrial tools.
  • Ability to wear required personal protective equipment, including safety glasses, gloves, respirator, hearing protection, and safety-toe footwear.
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How this job compares in Glen Ellyn, 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 Glen Ellyn, IL

Glen Ellyn, 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 241 employers. With this few local postings, most welders here end up either commuting or looking at travel work. Browse welding jobs across Illinois.

Dreisilker Electric Motors Inc. 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 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.

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