Job Description

Overview

Ingersoll Rand is seeking a Senior Maintenance Technician to perform high-level mechanical, electrical, thermal, and fluid power maintenance on specialized production equipment in a rubber molding manufacturing facility. The role emphasizes minimizing machine downtime, diagnosing complex system failures, and mentoring junior technicians while adhering to strict safety standards.

Responsibilities

  • Troubleshoot, overhaul, and repair multi-stage high-pressure hydraulic molding presses, accumulators, cylinders, directional valves, and proportional pumps.
  • Diagnose automated machinery inputs/outputs, variable frequency drives (VFDs), industrial sensors, relays, and PLC-controlled systems up to 480V.
  • Read, interpret, and troubleshoot PLC ladder logic.
  • Inspect, maintain, and repair steam boiler lines, electric heating platens, temperature controllers, hot oil heating units, and cooling water tower circuits.
  • Lead major machinery overhauls, including replacing large bearings, gearboxes, drive shafts, and automated transport mechanisms.
  • Safely execute heavy rigging to relocate or realign molding presses and equipment.
  • Execute, document, and optimize preventive and predictive maintenance programs using a Computerized Maintenance Management System (CMMS).
  • Audit parts inventory and maintain accurate maintenance records.
  • Lead emergency troubleshooting during active production breakdowns.
  • Assign daily work orders, monitor progress, and mentor junior maintenance technicians.
  • Adhere to Lockout/Tagout (LOTO), NFPA 70E, OSHA, and all company safety procedures.
  • Maintain a clean, organized, and safe work environment.
  • Perform additional duties as assigned.

Requirements

  • Minimum of 5 years of industrial plant maintenance experience.
  • Minimum of 2 years of maintenance experience in a rubber molding, plastic injection molding, or heavy industrial manufacturing environment.
  • Technical trade school degree, vocational certification, or formal mechanical/electrical apprenticeship preferred.
  • Intermediate Microsoft Word and Excel skills.
  • Experience troubleshooting Allen-Bradley and Siemens PLCs.
  • Ability to read and interpret hydraulic schematics, electrical wiring diagrams, mechanical drawings, and pneumatic layouts.
  • Verified Lockout/Tagout (LOTO) training.
  • Forklift, aerial lift, and overhead crane certifications are preferred.
  • Proficiency using digital multimeters, insulation testers, hydraulic pressure gauges, precision micrometers, welding equipment, and heavy rigging tools.

Benefits

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

Additional Info

  • Location: Chicago, IL (Onsite)
  • Shift: Day Shift, 4:00 a.m.–12:30 p.m.
  • Full-Time, Direct Hire

Benefits

Health Insurance
Dental
Vision
401k
PTO

How this job compares in Chicago, IL

Pay in context

At roughly $43/hr, this posting sits about 12% above the $38/hr median for welding jobs in Chicago, IL — toward the top of a $31–$47/hr middle band drawn from 90 postings with published pay. Put another way, it pays more than about 64% 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 Chicago, IL

We're tracking 104 other active welding openings in Chicago, IL right now, from 65 different employers. 45 of them were added in the last week. Across Illinois as a whole we're tracking 371 other active welding openings from 241 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.

Ingersoll Rand 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. Chicago is among them.

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