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Job Description

Overview

Dynomax, Inc, a family-owned company established in 1986, specializes in designing and manufacturing high-precision machined components and automated work cells. They are looking for a skilled Machine Maintenance Technician to maintain and repair a variety of production equipment.

Responsibilities

  • Installation, service, and repairs of CNC Machines and industrial equipment.
  • Perform scheduled maintenance on production equipment.
  • Move and replace machinery using fork lifts and dollies.
  • Use gages and test instruments to diagnose malfunctions.
  • Disassemble, repair, and reassemble system components using hand and power tools.
  • Fabricate, assemble, and test mechanical system parts as needed.
  • Replace fuses, light bulbs, circuit breakers, and electric switches.

Requirements

  • High school diploma or GED.
  • 5 or more years of Production Equipment Maintenance experience.
  • Mechanical aptitude.
  • Proficiency in mechanical and controls calibration standards and methods is a plus.
  • Proficient with hand tools and the ability to read precision measuring hand tools.

Benefits

  • Health Insurance
  • Dental
  • Vision
  • 401k
  • PTO

Benefits

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

Wheeling, IL currently has 5 other active welding openings besides this one, spread across 4 employers. 2 of them were added in the last week. Across Illinois as a whole we're tracking 371 other active welding openings from 241 employers. That's enough local activity to be worth comparing two or three offers before committing. Browse every welding job in Wheeling, or widen the search to Illinois.

Dynomax Inc. currently has 2 other openings 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.

Similar openings near Wheeling, IL

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