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Klein Tools

Machine Repair - 2nd Shift- Mon-Fri - 1pm-9:30pm - $5k SIGN ON BONUS

Location

Elk Grove Village, IL

Wage

$35 – $45/hr

Employment Type

Full-time

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Posted on September 28, 2026

Job Description

Overview

At Klein Tools, curiosity powers discovery, ownership inspires excellence, and urgency means we run towards opportunities. This role involves repairing and maintaining machine tools and industrial machines, applying knowledge of mechanics and shop mathematics.

Responsibilities

  • Repairs and maintains machine tools and industrial machines.
  • Diagnoses machine malfunctions and determines need for adjustment or repair.
  • Dismantles machines using hand or power tools to examine parts for defects.
  • Replaces defective parts with new or repaired parts.
  • Assembles and test-operates machines to verify correction of malfunctions.
  • Maintains and lubricates machine tools and equipment.
  • Assembles and welds auxiliary pieces of equipment as required.
  • Burns to remove various components of machines as required.
  • Inspects and measures finished parts to maintain statistical process control charts.
  • Communicates with co-workers and supervisors to receive instructions.
  • Maintains a clean work environment.
  • Conducts preventive maintenance as assigned.

Requirements

  • Two to four years of trade school and/or work experience or apprenticeship.
  • Ability to use and interpret complicated blueprints and advanced shop mathematics.
  • Ability to analyze, plan, and perform a sequence of operations.
  • Must exercise sound judgment in making decisions related to machine repairs.
  • Employee is required to supply own tools.
  • Must be able to work well with others.

Benefits

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

Additional Information

  • This position is for the 2nd shift, Monday to Friday, from 1pm to 9:30pm.
  • There is a $5k sign-on bonus.

Benefits

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

Pay in context

At roughly $40/hr, this posting sits about 18% above the $34/hr median for welding jobs in Elk Grove Village, IL — toward the top of a $25–$40/hr middle band drawn from 10 postings with published pay. Put another way, it pays more than about 60% of the comparable postings we have wage data for. Pay that far above local median usually comes attached to something: a harder cert requirement, travel, night shift, or overtime that isn't really optional. Worth establishing which before you accept.

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. 3 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.

Klein Tools currently has 3 other openings 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 Chicago at $38/hr, Itasca at $36/hr, and Addison at $35/hr. If you can relocate or commute, that spread is worth factoring in.

Similar openings near Elk Grove Village, IL

Pay figures are medians computed from live postings in the Welding Pros index, not from survey data, and they move as employers post. Machine Repair - 2nd Shift- Mon-Fri - 1pm-9:30pm - $5k SIGN ON BONUS figures were last recalculated when this page was built.