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Job Description

Overview

NSI is a progressive manufacturer of die castings focused on the electrical and network infrastructure markets, seeking a Machine Maintenance Mechanic for their Norridge, IL location. This full-time position offers opportunities for growth and a dynamic work environment.

Responsibilities

  • Check casting machines daily for oil, air, water, and gas leaks and repair as needed
  • Troubleshoot and repair hydraulic pumps, hydraulic and air cylinders, and solenoid valves
  • Check melting pots, goosenecks, and nozzles in all casting machines and replace
  • Check and repair casting machine clamping presses, replace worn out components, adjust, then test
  • Check and replace oil and oil filters as needed
  • Check and repair spray lubrication system
  • Repair hydraulic accumulators as needed
  • Install necessary limit switches on all new molds and adjust/repair limit switch mounting on existing molds
  • Replace feeders, plungers and rings as needed
  • Obtain machine failure information from operator; troubleshoot and correct issue
  • Adjust operating equipment with confirmation of department supervisor
  • Other duties as assigned by Plant Engineering Manager

Requirements

  • Machine Maintenance experience
  • Electrical/hydraulics knowledge

Benefits

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

Additional Information

  • Full-time, 1st shift position (6:30am - 3:00pm, Monday - Friday)
  • Location: Norridge, IL

Benefits

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

Pay in context

At roughly $29/hr, this posting lands within a few percent of the $32/hr median for welding jobs across Illinois, whose middle half runs $27–$41/hr across 261 postings with published pay. Put another way, it pays more than about 41% of the comparable postings we have wage data for. In other words it is a market-rate offer, so benefits, overtime, and shift schedule are where the real difference between this and the next posting on the list shows up.

The local market in Harwood Heights, IL

This is the only active welding job we're currently tracking in Harwood Heights, IL, which makes it worth moving on quickly — there is no local competing offer to weigh it against. Across Illinois as a whole we're tracking 352 other active welding openings from 205 employers. 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, Elk Grove Village at $34/hr, and Franklin Park at $33/hr. If you can relocate or commute, that spread is worth factoring in.

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