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Overview

The Maintenance Mechanic I position at Mauser Packaging Solutions involves working from blueprints and manuals to set up, maintain, and troubleshoot various equipment. The role requires a minimum of 2 years of experience and offers opportunities for growth within a company dedicated to sustainability and innovation.

Responsibilities

  • Work from blueprints, manuals, schedule and instructions.
  • Set up and maintain equipment such as punch presses, conveyor systems, compo liners, curlers and automatic tape machines.
  • Set tooling and make a variety of equipment adjustments.
  • Operate equipment, run sample units, check units and make required operating adjustments.
  • Instruct and assist operators as necessary.
  • Troubleshoot and repair equipment, diagnose problems, disassemble, determine extent of repairs necessary, obtain or requisition parts, assemble, test and make.
  • Maintain equipment, clean and lubricate equipment and maintain automatic lube systems.
  • Monitor press line operations and check quality of units being produced.
  • Perform entry-level duties as assigned.
  • Perform basic Preventative maintenance such as lubrication, replacing air hoses, and make minor adjustments to running equipment.
  • Fill out required maintenance records.
  • Notify supervisor of unusual equipment or operating problems.
  • Help relieve operators for lunch and break.
  • Use various precision measuring instruments, common hand and hand power tools, hand carts and forklift truck.
  • Follow safety rules and keep work area in a clean and orderly condition.
  • Perform other duties as assigned.

Requirements

  • Minimum of 2 years of experience and 25% knowledge of equipment.
  • Knowledge of repair procedures and equipment operation, equivalent to 1-2 years applied trades training.
  • Ability to use mathematics together with the analytical use of complicated prints.
  • Ability to use various types of precision measuring instruments such as micrometers and calipers.
  • Ability to exercise judgment.
  • Must comply with quality, PPE requirements and safety and understand the importance of complying with safety policies and procedures.

Benefits

  • Health Insurance
  • Dental
  • PTO

Benefits

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

Pay in context

At roughly $33/hr, this posting comes in about 11% below the $37/hr median for welding jobs in Chicago, IL, where the middle half runs $31–$47/hr across 76 postings with published pay. Put another way, it pays more than about 30% of the comparable postings we have wage data for. That gap is worth raising directly — in a market this size there is normally room to negotiate toward the median, particularly if you already hold the certifications the posting asks for.

The local market in Chicago, IL

We're tracking 96 other active welding openings in Chicago, IL right now, from 54 different employers. 31 of them were added in the last week. Across Illinois as a whole we're tracking 333 other active welding openings from 207 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.

Mauser Packaging Solutions 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 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. Chicago is among them.

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