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Overview

KIK Consumer Products is a leading independent manufacturer in North America, specializing in home and pool-care products. They are seeking an Industrial Maintenance Technician to maintain and troubleshoot high-speed processing and packaging systems, ensuring efficient operations and safety.

Responsibilities

  • Modify, repair, install, maintain, improve, and troubleshoot production machinery, equipment, and facility systems for processing and packaging.
  • Diagnose mechanical issues and deliver timely repairs using fitting, plumbing, basic welding, metal fabrication, machining, and analytical problem-solving skills.
  • Use machine-shop and hand tools to make or repair parts as directed.
  • Execute preventive maintenance and safety inspections; record findings and work orders in the CMMS.
  • Set up, tear down, and relocate processing and packaging equipment; support equipment changeovers for new products and sizes.
  • Troubleshoot and repair basic electrical components; escalate complex PLC/control issues to senior technicians when needed.
  • Respond rapidly to breakdowns with a customer-service mindset; communicate status and parts needs.

Requirements

  • High School Diploma or GED.
  • 3+ years in mechanical maintenance within high-speed packaging, bottling, or similar manufacturing.
  • 2+ years of mechanical and electrical troubleshooting.
  • 2+ years of basic welding (strongly preferred).
  • Hands-on strength in hydraulics and pneumatics, basic welding/fabrication.
  • Ability to interpret equipment manuals, blueprints, and simple schematics.
  • Working knowledge of industrial electrical systems at a maintenance-mechanic level.
  • Experience with a CMMS for work orders, parts tracking, and preventive maintenance (preferred).
  • Comfort working around chemicals and in high-noise areas while wearing required PPE.
  • Clear communication, strong interpersonal skills, attention to detail, and a customer-first approach.

Benefits

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

Additional Information

  • Shift: 3:30 pm – 12:00 am with weekends per business need.
  • Base hourly rate ranging from $32.00 to $35.00, plus a second shift differential of $0.50.

Benefits

Health Insurance
Dental
Vision
Life Insurance
Disability Insurance
401k
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How this job compares in Riverdale, IL

Pay in context

At roughly $34/hr, this posting lands within a few percent of the $31/hr median for welding jobs across Illinois, whose middle half runs $26–$38/hr across 270 postings with published pay. Put another way, it pays more than about 60% 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 Riverdale, IL

This is the only active welding job we're currently tracking in Riverdale, 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 374 other active welding openings from 234 employers. Browse welding jobs across Illinois.

KIK Consumer Products 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 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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