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Overview

The HVAC Mechanic, reporting to the Maintenance Supervisor, is essential for maintaining the systems that ensure safe and efficient candy manufacturing operations. This position requires flexibility in working hours and supports product quality and equipment performance.

Responsibilities

  • Maintain and optimize HVAC systems to ensure consistent temperature and humidity conditions.
  • Troubleshoot and service air compressors, blowers, and filtration systems to minimize production downtime.
  • Support humidity control by maintaining dehumidifiers and related components.
  • Monitor and maintain chiller systems for efficient cooling performance.
  • Perform preventive and corrective maintenance on steam systems to maximize reliability.
  • Conduct water quality testing to protect equipment from scale buildup and corrosion.
  • Manage water treatment chemical programs for system integrity and compliance.
  • Inspect and repair thermal oxidizer components for environmental compliance.
  • Maintain industrial heating equipment to ensure dependable process heat.
  • Identify opportunities for improving equipment performance and reducing energy consumption.
  • Respond quickly to equipment issues to maintain uninterrupted manufacturing schedules.

Requirements

  • High school diploma or GED; or equivalent combination of education and experience.
  • Minimum of 1 year experience with chillers and HVAC systems required.
  • Experience with SAP or similar, Microsoft Word and Excel.
  • Experience troubleshooting and repairing heat pumps and HVAC equipment.
  • Experience maintaining boiler room equipment and associated controls.
  • Experience performing welding repairs and fabrication work on industrial equipment.
  • Experience repairing and maintaining steam traps and filters.
  • Experience detecting and addressing refrigerant and oil leaks.

Benefits

  • Health Insurance
  • Dental
  • 401k
  • PTO

Additional Information

  • Work Location: Forest Park
  • Core hours: 4pm-4:30am
  • Must be flexible to work weekends/holidays when needed.

Benefits

Health Insurance
Dental
401k
PTO
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How this job compares in Forest Park, IL

Pay in context

At roughly $38/hr, this posting sits about 23% above the $31/hr median for welding jobs across Illinois — toward the top of a $27–$39/hr middle band drawn from 265 postings with published pay. Put another way, it pays more than about 71% of the comparable postings we have wage data for. Pay that far above local median usually comes attached to something: a harder cert requirement, travel, night shift, or overtime that isn't really optional. Worth establishing which before you accept.

The local market in Forest Park, IL

This is the only active welding job we're currently tracking in Forest Park, IL, which makes it worth moving on quickly — there is no local competing offer to weigh it against. Across Illinois as a whole we're tracking 371 other active welding openings from 241 employers. Browse welding jobs across Illinois.

Ferrara 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.

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