Industrial Services Technician
Location
Schaumburg, IL
Wage
$38 – $40/hr
Posted on September 24, 2026
Location
Schaumburg, IL
Wage
$38 – $40/hr
Posted on September 24, 2026
At Nestlé USA, the Industrial Services Technician is responsible for the safe operation, monitoring, and maintenance of utility systems, ensuring reliable plant operations while being part of an inclusive workplace that encourages innovation and growth.
At roughly $39/hr, this posting sits about 22% above the $32/hr median for welding jobs across Illinois — toward the top of a $27–$40/hr middle band drawn from 254 postings with published pay. Put another way, it pays more than about 73% 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.
Schaumburg, IL currently has 4 other active welding openings besides this one, spread across 3 employers. 1 of them was added in the last week. Across Illinois as a whole we're tracking 354 other active welding openings from 213 employers. That's enough local activity to be worth comparing two or three offers before committing. Browse every welding job in Schaumburg, or widen the search to Illinois.
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.
Pay figures are medians computed from live postings in the Welding Pros index, not from survey data, and they move as employers post. Industrial Services Technician figures were last recalculated when this page was built.