Job Description

Overview

Dynomax, Inc, a family-owned company, designs and manufactures high-precision machined components and automated work cells. They are seeking a skilled Machine Maintenance Technician to work on various production equipment including CNC and Injection Mold machines.

Responsibilities

  • Installation, service, and repairs of CNC Machines and industrial equipment.
  • Perform scheduled maintenance on production equipment.
  • Move and replace machinery using forklifts and dollies.
  • Use gages and test instruments to diagnose malfunctions.
  • Disassemble, repair, and reassemble system components using hand and power tools.
  • Fabricate, assemble, and test mechanical system parts as needed.
  • Replace fuses, light bulbs, circuit breakers, and other electrical equipment.

Requirements

  • High school diploma or GED.
  • 5 or more years of Production Equipment Maintenance experience.
  • Mechanical aptitude.
  • Proficiency in mechanical and controls calibration standards and methods is a plus.
  • Proficient with hand tools and the ability to read precision measuring hand tools.

Benefits

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

Benefits

Health Insurance
Dental
Vision
401k
PTO

How this job compares in Wheeling, 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–$40/hr across 250 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 Wheeling, IL

We're tracking 10 other active welding openings in Wheeling, IL right now, from 5 different employers. 3 of them were added in the last week. Across Illinois as a whole we're tracking 348 other active welding openings from 210 employers. A metro this active generally means you have real leverage — employers here are competing for the same welders. Browse every welding job in Wheeling, or widen the search to Illinois.

Dynomax Inc. 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, Addison at $35/hr, and Skokie at $35/hr. If you can relocate or commute, that spread is worth factoring in.

Similar openings near Wheeling, 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 Maintenance Technician - Level II figures were last recalculated when this page was built.