Job Description

Overview

The Aftermarket Field Service Technician I position involves performing various repair, assembly, and inspection operations in an aftermarket production area. The role requires physical dexterity and the ability to operate machine tools, with a focus on maintaining quality and efficiency in the work environment.

Responsibilities

  • Evaluate returned units to assist in determining scope of repair.
  • Operate machine tools and weld shop cutting equipment.
  • Perform non-destructive testing, inspection, and disassembly.
  • Update inspection information and process steps in PGN.
  • Maintain work area through good housekeeping habits.
  • Maintain order and arrangement of units in various inspection areas.
  • Execute and document scrap orders.
  • Make recommendations to improve processes within the Aftermarket Department.

Requirements

  • High School Diploma or equivalent with at least five years of industrial condition monitoring, repair or reliability services experience, or an Associate's Degree with three years' experience.
  • Five years of assembly experience, or a combination of assembly and equivalent experience.
  • Working knowledge of the operating characteristics of rotating machinery.
  • Working knowledge of Microsoft Office (Word, Excel, and PowerPoint).
  • Clear and concise communication skills, both verbal and written.
  • Mechanical aptitude and basic knowledge of skilled trades including welding, metal fabrication, electrical and pipe fitting.
  • Ability to read and comprehend technical drawings, equipment manuals, and assembly procedures.
  • Ability to make simple outline drawings to assist quoting, engineering and reassembly.

Benefits

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

Additional Information

  • Duties are performed in an industrial environment.
  • Position is designated as safety-sensitive.

Benefits

Health Insurance
Dental
Vision
PTO
Life Insurance
Disability Insurance
401k

How this job compares in Glendale Heights, IL

Pay in context

At roughly $29/hr, this posting lands within a few percent of the $30/hr median for welding jobs across Illinois, whose middle half runs $25–$38/hr across 276 postings with published pay. Put another way, it pays more than about 46% of the comparable postings we have wage data for. In other words it is a market-rate offer, so benefits, overtime, and shift schedule are where the real difference between this and the next posting on the list shows up.

The local market in Glendale Heights, IL

Glendale Heights, IL is a small market in our index: 1 other active welding opening alongside this one, from 1 employer. Across Illinois as a whole we're tracking 373 other active welding openings from 232 employers. With this few local postings, most welders here end up either commuting or looking at travel work. Browse welding jobs across Illinois.

The most active employers in Illinois at the moment, by number of open welding reqs, are S&C Electric Company (18), Gerber Collision & Glass (14), and Staff on Site (13). 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 $46/hr, Chicago at $36/hr, and Addison at $32/hr. If you can relocate or commute, that spread is worth factoring in.

Similar openings near Glendale Heights, IL

Pay figures are medians computed from live postings in the Welding Pros index, not from survey data, and they move as employers post. Aftermarket Field Service Technician I: IL figures were last recalculated when this page was built.