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Overview

The Maintenance Technician is responsible for maintaining accurate logs on all equipment in the hospital and ensuring a safe working environment. This role involves maintaining and repairing various systems including mechanical, HVAC, electrical, plumbing, plant maintenance, and medical gas systems, while also requiring driving for company business.

Responsibilities

  • Maintain accurate logs on all equipment in the hospital.
  • Provide a safe working environment.
  • Maintain and repair mechanical systems.
  • Maintain and repair HVAC systems.
  • Maintain and repair electrical systems.
  • Maintain and repair plumbing systems.
  • Maintain and repair plant maintenance systems.
  • Maintain and repair medical gas systems.
  • Drive as needed for company business.

Requirements

  • Able to troubleshoot, read schematics, and/or blueprints.
  • Valid state driver’s license.
  • Minimum 2 years’ experience required.
  • High school diploma or equivalent required.

Benefits

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

Additional Information

  • Day Shift- 7:00 AM to 3:30 PM
  • Evening Shift- 3:00 PM- 11:30 PM
  • Night Shift- 11:00 PM to 7:30 AM

Benefits

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

Pay in context

At roughly $28/hr, this posting comes in about 27% below the $38/hr median for welding jobs in Chicago, IL, where the middle half runs $31–$47/hr across 90 postings with published pay. Put another way, it pays more than about 17% of the comparable postings we have wage data for. That gap is worth raising directly — in a market this size there is normally room to negotiate toward the median, particularly if you already hold the certifications the posting asks for.

The local market in Chicago, IL

We're tracking 104 other active welding openings in Chicago, IL right now, from 65 different employers. 44 of them were added in the last week. Across Illinois as a whole we're tracking 371 other active welding openings from 240 employers. A metro this active generally means you have real leverage — employers here are competing for the same welders. Browse every welding job in Chicago, or widen the search to 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. Chicago is among them.

Similar openings near Chicago, IL

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.