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Overview

Packaging Corporation of America (PCA) is a Fortune 500 company focused on providing innovative packaging solutions. The Maintenance Technician position at the Chicago Container plant involves performing maintenance tasks to ensure the efficiency and safety of plant equipment.

Responsibilities

  • Perform maintenance tasks to diagnose, repair, rebuild, and replace mechanical, electrical, PLC, hydraulic, and pneumatic systems on plant equipment.
  • Use maintenance knowledge to increase productivity and decrease downtime.
  • Respond urgently to machine downtime events.
  • Complete in-house training programs to develop equipment-specific maintenance skills.
  • Follow all safety and company policies, including lock-out tag-out procedures.

Requirements

  • At least 2 years of experience troubleshooting and repairing industrial manufacturing equipment.
  • Knowledge and experience with mechanical, electrical, hydraulic, pneumatic, and PLC systems.
  • Passionate about maintaining a safe and clean work environment.
  • Ability to work overtime and weekends as needed.
  • Must have own basic tools; PCA provides specialized tools and an annual tool allowance.
  • Must be authorized to work in the U.S.

Benefits

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

Additional Information

  • Location: Chicago Container plant, 5445 W 73rd St. Bedford Park, IL 60638.
  • 1.5 pay over 8 hours, over 40 hours, and on weekends.
  • 1.5 pay on holidays, plus additional overtime on holidays.

Benefits

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

Pay in context

At roughly $39/hr, this posting lands within a few percent of the $36/hr median for welding jobs in Chicago, IL, whose middle half runs $28–$47/hr across 79 postings with published pay. Put another way, it pays more than about 57% 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 Chicago, IL

We're tracking 96 other active welding openings in Chicago, IL right now, from 52 different employers. 22 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 Chicago, 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. Chicago is among them.

Similar openings near Chicago, IL

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