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Overview

KIK Consumer Products is seeking a skilled Maintenance Mechanic 2 for the 2nd Shift to ensure the safe and efficient operation of processing and packaging equipment. The role involves preventative maintenance, troubleshooting, and repairs in a collaborative environment focused on accountability and performance.

Responsibilities

  • Modify, repair, install, maintain, improve, and troubleshoot machinery, equipment, and facilities in the processing and packaging departments.
  • Diagnose mechanical problems and provide timely repairs using skills in mechanics, fitting, plumbing, basic welding, metal fabrication, machining, troubleshooting, and analytical problem solving.
  • Operate machine-shop and hand tools to repair or fabricate parts as directed.
  • Perform preventative maintenance and safety inspections; document work orders and findings in the CMMS.
  • Set up, take down, and relocate process and packaging equipment; support equipment for new products and sizes.
  • Diagnose and repair basic electrical issues including motors, sensors, photo-eyes, relays, variable speed drives, and 120–480 VAC circuits.
  • Respond promptly to equipment breakdowns with a customer-focused approach, communicate status and parts needs to supervision.

Requirements

  • High School Diploma or GED.
  • 3 or more years of mechanical maintenance experience in a high-speed packaging, bottling or similar manufacturing environment.
  • 2 or more years of mechanical and electrical troubleshooting experience.
  • 2 or more years of basic welding experience (strongly preferred).
  • Solid mechanical aptitude with experience in hydraulics and pneumatics, basic welding or fabrication, and reading equipment manuals, blueprints, and simple schematics.
  • Working knowledge of industrial electrical systems at a maintenance-mechanic level.
  • Experience using a CMMS to record work orders, track parts, and support preventive maintenance programs (preferred).
  • Ability to work safely around chemicals and in both temperature-controlled and non-temperature-controlled, high-noise environments.
  • Strong communication and interpersonal skills, attention to detail, and a customer-service mindset.
  • Flexibility to work overtime and different shifts as needed.

Benefits

  • Health Insurance
  • Dental
  • Vision
  • 401k

Additional Information

  • 2nd Shift (3:30 pm – 12:00 am with weekends per business need)
  • Must pass pre-employment drug screen and background check.

Benefits

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

Pay in context

At roughly $34/hr, this posting comes in about 12% below the $38/hr median for welding jobs in Chicago, IL, where the middle half runs $30–$47/hr across 74 postings with published pay. Put another way, it pays more than about 36% 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 103 other active welding openings in Chicago, IL right now, from 60 different employers. 35 of them were added in the last week. Across Illinois as a whole we're tracking 343 other active welding openings from 209 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.

KIK Consumer Products 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 Gerber Collision & Glass (14), Sargent & Lundy (11), and S&C Electric Company (9). 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 Downers Grove at $44/hr, Chicago at $38/hr, and Elk Grove Village at $34/hr. Chicago is among them.

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