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Overview

The Service Technician will support new custom machine builds, installations, troubleshooting, overhauls, audits, and repair of high-speed automation equipment in-house or at customer sites. Ardagh Metal Packaging is a leading global supplier of sustainable, infinitely recyclable metal beverage cans, employing over 6,300 people across multiple regions.

Responsibilities

  • Support eight Ardagh Metal Beverage Sites from the Ardagh Technical Center.
  • Follow engineering drawings and specifications to build and overhaul high-speed automation equipment and sub-assemblies.
  • Disassemble existing systems, evaluate for wear and damage, and reassemble using new or reconditioned parts.
  • Assemble small machine subassemblies to support the spare part program.
  • Utilize hydraulic, pneumatic, and mechanical drawings to build and perform required service.
  • Perform all work in accordance with established safety procedures and quality standards.
  • Use precision measuring and gauging tools for inspection before, during, and after machine builds/re-builds.
  • Recommend process improvements for equipment design and assembly processes.
  • Safely operate forklifts, overhead cranes, and hand power tools during machine builds or overhauls.
  • Work in a team environment during day and night shifts based on production schedule requirements.

Requirements

  • High School Diploma or GED.
  • Minimum 2 years of mechanical assembly or machinist experience.
  • Willingness to travel up to 50%.
  • Must pass a Mechanical Aptitude test.
  • Overtime and travel as necessary including weekends and various shift hours.
  • Welding skills a plus but not required.
  • Ability to operate a lathe or milling machine a plus but not required.
  • Ability to lift 75lbs.
  • Agility to stand, bend, kneel, climb, reach, and pull.

Benefits

  • 401k
  • Health Insurance
  • Dental
  • Vision

Additional Information

  • The starting hourly base rate for this role goes up to $46.71 dependent on years of service within the company.
  • The company offers a Success Share Bonus dependent upon meeting metrics and targets.
  • Benefits may be amended at any time.

Benefits

401k
Health Insurance
Dental
Vision
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How this job compares in Elk Grove Village, IL

Pay in context

At roughly $47/hr, this posting sits about 37% above the $34/hr median for welding jobs in Elk Grove Village, IL — toward the top of a $25–$40/hr middle band drawn from 8 postings with published pay. Put another way, it pays more than about 100% 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 Elk Grove Village, IL

We're tracking 12 other active welding openings in Elk Grove Village, IL right now, from 11 different employers. 5 of them were added in the last week. Across Illinois as a whole we're tracking 374 other active welding openings from 233 employers. A metro this active generally means you have real leverage — employers here are competing for the same welders. Browse every welding job in Elk Grove Village, or widen the search to Illinois.

The most active employers in Illinois at the moment, by number of open welding reqs, are S&C Electric Company (15), 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 Chicago at $36/hr, Itasca at $36/hr, and Elk Grove Village at $34/hr. Elk Grove Village is among them.

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