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Overview

Innophos is seeking a Maintenance Multi-Trades Craftsperson for their Chicago, Illinois facility. This role involves the maintenance and installation of plant equipment, including mechanical, electrical, and instrumentation tasks.

Responsibilities

  • Perform necessary work to repair, adjust, and conduct preventative maintenance on all plant equipment.
  • Install and repair electrical systems and components of industrial machinery and auxiliary equipment.
  • Conduct daily rounds throughout the production plant to discuss issues with operators and check instrumentation.
  • Change drive belts, motors, gearboxes, and pumps, and install new equipment.
  • Work in varying conditions, including hot and cold environments and awkward postures.
  • Replace motors and ensure proper alignment and tolerances.
  • Perform minor repairs to heavy equipment and test drive to determine problems.
  • Make repairs to buildings and facility structures as needed.

Requirements

  • High School Diploma or General Education Diploma.
  • Specialized training (trade school, apprenticeships, etc.) preferred.
  • Minimum 3 years of multi-craft experience required.
  • Thorough knowledge of electrical and mechanical trades.
  • Good proficiency with Microsoft Office products.
  • Ability to work independently and safely.
  • Strong organizational and time management skills.
  • Dependable and team-oriented.

Benefits

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

Additional Information

  • Monday to Friday, 1st Shift: 7:00 am-3:00 pm.
  • Wages start at $43.36/hour.

Benefits

Health Insurance
Dental
Vision
401k
PTO
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How this job compares in Riverdale, IL

Pay in context

At roughly $43/hr, this posting sits about 40% above the $31/hr median for welding jobs across Illinois — toward the top of a $27–$40/hr middle band drawn from 229 postings with published pay. Put another way, it pays more than about 81% 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 Riverdale, IL

Riverdale, IL is a small market in our index: 2 other active welding openings alongside this one, from 1 employer. Across Illinois as a whole we're tracking 352 other active welding openings from 205 employers. With this few local postings, most welders here end up either commuting or looking at travel work. Browse welding jobs across Illinois.

The most active employers in Illinois at the moment, by number of open welding reqs, are Gerber Collision & Glass (17), Staff on Site (13), and S&C Electric Company (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 $39/hr, Skokie at $35/hr, and Elk Grove Village at $34/hr. If you can relocate or commute, that spread is worth factoring in.

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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. Maintenance Multi-Trade Technician figures were last recalculated when this page was built.