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Job Description

Overview

The Maintenance Tech is responsible for executing preventive maintenance, troubleshooting, and repairs for the entire plant facility and equipment, aiming to minimize unscheduled downtime.

Responsibilities

  • Conduct machine setup, troubleshooting, repairs, and preventive maintenance service.
  • Provide emergency/unscheduled repairs of production equipment during production.
  • Perform scheduled maintenance repairs of production equipment during machine service.
  • Perform maintenance including mechanical, pneumatic, and hydraulic troubleshooting.
  • Comply with OSHA Safety and Health rules.
  • Read and interpret equipment manuals.
  • Diagnose causes of malfunctions by sight, sound, or actions of the machine.
  • Inspect, adjust, clean, or lubricate equipment as preventive maintenance.
  • Tear down, replace, repair, install, and assemble equipment parts.
  • Assist other maintenance employees with repairs and housekeeping as needed.
  • Support electrical maintenance as needed.
  • Perform other duties as assigned.

Requirements

  • Must be able to work weekends, holidays, and overtime.
  • High school diploma or GED equivalent from an accredited institution.
  • Two-year associate degree or higher in a technical field or completed apprenticeship in a relevant field.
  • Military training and experience in a relevant Military Occupational Specialty (MOS) is acceptable.
  • 2+ years hands-on experience in a mechanic, maintenance, electrical, electromechanical, controls and automation, or related role.
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How this job compares in Alsip, IL

Pay in context

This employer didn't publish a rate. For reference, welding jobs across Illinois currently run a median of $32/hr in our index, with the middle half of them falling between $27–$39/hr across 248 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 Alsip, IL

Alsip, IL is a small market in our index: 1 other active welding opening alongside this one, from 1 employer. Across Illinois as a whole we're tracking 333 other active welding openings from 206 employers. With this few local postings, most welders here end up either commuting or looking at travel work. Browse welding jobs across Illinois.

The most active employers in Illinois at the moment, by number of open welding reqs, are Staff on Site (13), S&C Electric Company (10), and Gerber Collision & Glass (10). 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 $37/hr, Elk Grove Village at $36/hr, and Bedford Park at $33/hr. If you can relocate or commute, that spread is worth factoring in.

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