Technician, R&D - Pilot Plant Maintenance
Location
Glenview, IL
Wage
$61,000 – $76,200/yr
Employment Type
Full-time
Posted on September 22, 2026
Location
Glenview, IL
Wage
$61,000 – $76,200/yr
Employment Type
Full-time
Posted on September 22, 2026
The Maintenance Technician is responsible for performing mechanical and electrical maintenance work on machinery and equipment to ensure effective performance and reliability. This role includes preventive, corrective, and emergency maintenance activities, supporting ongoing equipment reliability and contributing to continuous improvement in maintenance practices.
At roughly $33/hr, this posting lands within a few percent of the $32/hr median for welding jobs across Illinois, whose middle half runs $27–$39/hr across 247 postings with published pay. Put another way, it pays more than about 53% 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.
Glenview, 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.
Pay figures are medians computed from live postings in the Welding Pros index, not from survey data, and they move as employers post. Technician, R&D - Pilot Plant Maintenance figures were last recalculated when this page was built.