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Weiss-Aug

Advanced Maintenance Technician Apprentice

Location

Elk Grove Village, IL

Wage

$20/hr

Employment Type

Full-time

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Posted on September 30, 2026

Job Description

Overview

Weiss-Aug is a leader in precision manufacturing and innovation, specializing in high-volume metal stamping, thermoplastic molding, and value-added assembly solutions across various industries. They are seeking an Advanced Maintenance Technician Apprentice to contribute to their mission of delivering high-quality engineered solutions.

Responsibilities

  • Build, install, and test mechanical and electrical systems used in automated industrial processes
  • Ensure automated systems are working using technical diagnostic and measuring devices
  • Perform preventative maintenance on equipment
  • Maintain and repair equipment and facility
  • Work toward DOL Journeyman status

Requirements

  • Complete manufacturing classroom courses leading to graduation
  • NIMS safety or equivalent
  • Basic math skills including speed and feeds
  • Machine operation experience
  • Blueprint reading skills
  • Basic metalworking tasks such as machining
  • Use of gages, calipers, gauge pins, and micrometers
  • Participate in team challenges such as robot rumble and TMA machining contest
  • Experience safely working with power tools
  • Possess excellent verbal, written, and computer skills
  • Demonstrate good communication and multitasking skills
  • Enjoy working with hands and pay attention to details
  • Interested in continuous learning
  • Able to regularly lift containers up to 40 pounds
  • Pass preemployment physical and aptitude test

Benefits

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

Additional Information

  • This position is at our Elk Grove Village, IL location
  • Attend Harper Community College classes for 3 years 2 days/week
  • Complete Harper Community College competency requirements (estimate 4-5 years)

Benefits

Health Insurance
Dental
Vision
401k
PTO
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How this job compares in Elk Grove Village, IL

Pay in context

At roughly $20/hr, this posting comes in about 50% below the $40/hr median for welding jobs in Elk Grove Village, IL, where the middle half runs $26–$40/hr across 10 postings with published pay. Put another way, it pays more than about 0% 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 Elk Grove Village, IL

We're tracking 11 other active welding openings in Elk Grove Village, IL right now, from 8 different employers. 4 of them were added in the last week. Across Illinois as a whole we're tracking 354 other active welding openings from 214 employers. A metro this active generally means you have real leverage — employers here are competing for the same welders. Browse every welding job in Elk Grove Village, or widen the search to Illinois.

Weiss-Aug 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), Gerber Collision & Glass (12), and S&C Electric Company (9). 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 Elk Grove Village at $40/hr, Chicago at $38/hr, and Itasca at $36/hr. Elk Grove Village is among them.

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