Job Description

Overview

The Maintenance Technician is responsible for repairing and maintaining various facilities, production, and building equipment while ensuring compliance with safety and environmental guidelines. This role is part of Amcor, a company focused on innovative and responsible packaging solutions.

Responsibilities

  • Conduct regularly scheduled maintenance on equipment and facilities
  • Maintain control and motor systems
  • Diagnose problems with equipment and repair or replace defective parts
  • Perform basic welding and fabrication as needed
  • Communicate daily with Production and Shipping Managers
  • Develop a daily list of priorities for the maintenance team with the Plant Manager and Warehouse Manager
  • Drive 5S workplace organization in the maintenance area
  • Research and purchase parts as needed for machine breakdowns and spare parts replacement
  • Improve machine uptime by ensuring all CM's and PM's are properly performed and documented
  • Support and comply with safety and environmental guidelines
  • Other duties as assigned

Requirements

  • High School Diploma or equivalent
  • Basic math skills
  • Welding skills
  • Good communication skills
  • Ability to troubleshoot and solve problems
  • Advanced manufacturing mechanical experience
  • Advanced manufacturing controls and wiring experience
  • Strong mechanical knowledge
  • Strong electrical knowledge
  • Basic understanding of motor controls and ability to read wiring diagrams
  • MS Office literate
  • No fear of heights
  • Prior experience working in a manufacturing environment
  • Prior process machinery troubleshooting

Benefits

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

Benefits

Health Insurance
Dental
Vision
PTO
401k

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.

Similar openings near Alsip, IL

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