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Overview

Daubert Chemical Company is seeking a hands-on, highly skilled Maintenance Technician for their plant in Forest View, IL. This role involves diagnosing and completing a variety of routine and complex equipment work orders, with a focus on safety and quality.

Responsibilities

  • Perform preventive and predictive maintenance to ensure equipment reliability and uptime.
  • Apply 5S organizational principles and demonstrate a commitment to safety and cleanliness.
  • Inspect, diagnose, repair and maintain production equipment in a chemical manufacturing environment.
  • Conduct basic electrical troubleshooting for various voltage levels.
  • Install and maintain piping systems and related instrumentation.
  • Assist in planning and installation of new equipment and systems.
  • Use CMMS software to document repairs and maintenance.
  • Comply with OSHA standards and company policies.
  • Support the team with after-hours outages as part of a rotating call-in program.

Requirements

  • High school diploma or G.E.D. required; vocational training or associate's degree preferred.
  • Minimum 3 years of experience in an industrial maintenance environment.
  • Experience in the chemical processing industry preferred.
  • General computer skills for accessing company data and training.
  • Ability to safely operate Powered Industrial Trucks.
  • Valid Driver's License and good driving record required.

Benefits

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

Additional Information

  • This position is for 2nd shift, from 3pm to 11:30pm.
  • Opportunity for overtime based on business requirements.
  • Some mandatory Saturdays and an after-hours rotating call-in schedule.

Benefits

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

Pay in context

At roughly $30/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 49% 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 Forest View, IL

This is the only active welding job we're currently tracking in Forest View, 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 373 other active welding openings from 232 employers. 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 Forest View, IL

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