Job Description

Overview

We are seeking a mechanically skilled and dependable Maintenance Mechanic to support our roll-forming manufacturing operation. This hands-on position involves inspecting, troubleshooting, repairing, and maintaining production equipment.

Responsibilities

  • Troubleshoot and repair roll-forming lines, presses, uncoilers, straighteners, feeders, conveyors, cranes, forklifts, and other production equipment.
  • Perform mechanical repairs involving bearings, shafts, chains, belts, gearboxes, motors, couplings, cylinders, and material-handling components.
  • Assist with hydraulic, pneumatic, and basic electrical repairs.
  • Perform preventive maintenance, inspections, lubrication, adjustments, and component replacement.
  • Use hand tools, power tools, welders, measuring tools, and basic diagnostic equipment.
  • Assist with equipment installations, modifications, fabrication, and improvement projects.
  • Respond to production breakdowns and work with operators and other maintenance personnel to safely return equipment to operation.
  • Document completed repairs, parts used, and additional work needed.
  • Follow all safety and lockout/tagout procedures.

Requirements

  • Strong mechanical skills and interest in learning industrial equipment.
  • Experience as an automotive mechanic, equipment mechanic, maintenance technician, fabricator, or similar mechanical position is acceptable.
  • Ability to safely use common hand and power tools.
  • Basic understanding of mechanical systems and troubleshooting.
  • Welding, fabrication, hydraulic, pneumatic, or electrical experience is helpful but not required.
  • Ability to read basic diagrams, equipment manuals, and measuring tools.
  • Dependable, safety-conscious, and willing to learn.
  • Able to work independently and as part of a maintenance team.
  • Available for overtime or weekend work when required.

Additional Information

  • Ability to stand, walk, bend, climb, and work around industrial machinery.
  • Ability to lift and handle machine components within established safety limits.
  • Ability to work in an active manufacturing environment.

How this job compares in Franklin Park, IL

Pay in context

This employer didn't publish a rate. For reference, welding jobs across Illinois currently run a median of $31/hr in our index, with the middle half of them falling between $26–$38/hr across 271 postings with published pay. That median is a reasonable floor to anchor on when a recruiter asks what you're looking for.

The local market in Franklin Park, IL

Franklin Park, IL currently has 4 other active welding openings besides this one, spread across 4 employers. 1 of them was added in the last week. Across Illinois as a whole we're tracking 374 other active welding openings from 233 employers. That's enough local activity to be worth comparing two or three offers before committing. Browse every welding job in Franklin Park, 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. If you can relocate or commute, that spread is worth factoring in.

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