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Job Description

Overview

Doumak, Inc., known as The Marshmallow Company, is seeking a Mechanical Technician-Electro for their Elk Grove Village, IL location. This position offers an hourly rate of $33.55 with overtime opportunities and requires working the 3rd shift from 11 pm to 7 am.

Responsibilities

  • Support the Production Department to manufacture safe, quality products.
  • Respond to repair requests of production machinery and building equipment.
  • Troubleshoot electrical and mechanical problems and make appropriate repairs.
  • Work from drawings, schematics, blueprints, and instructions to perform tasks.
  • Perform adjustments, maintenance, and repairs to plant equipment.
  • Perform basic rebuilding of gearboxes, motors, and small pneumatic equipment.
  • Analyze existing problems and provide innovative solutions.
  • Unload powdered and liquid raw materials from rail cars as needed.
  • Perform scheduled preventive maintenance on plant equipment.
  • Assist on equipment installations and upgrades within the facility.
  • Follow all OSHA regulations, GMPs, and food safety laws.
  • Be available for weekend work, overtime, and flexible shifts.

Requirements

  • Strong ability in electrical maintenance, including 3-phase motors and controls.
  • Familiarity with the A-B ControlLogix control platform is a plus.
  • Industrial maintenance experience is preferred; food industry experience is a plus.
  • Familiarity with vertical bagging and scale equipment is preferred.
  • Must supply own hand tools and use power tools safely.
  • Forklift operation ability preferred.
  • Must be able to climb ladders and stairs, work at heights, and lift 70 pounds safely.
  • Must be able to read and understand blueprints and electrical schematics.
  • Must be able to read, write, and speak English.
  • Must have strong team, leadership, verbal and written skills.
  • Must be a self-starter, able to work independently.
  • Some knowledge of mechanical and pneumatics operations expected.
  • Welding, piping, HVAC, Freon chillers, metal fabrication, and machining is a plus.
  • High School Diploma, GED, or equivalent required; vocational training or AA/AS degree is a plus.

Benefits

  • Health Insurance
  • Dental
  • 401k
  • PTO

Additional Information

  • 3rd shift from 11 pm to 7 am.
  • Location: Elk Grove Village, IL.

Benefits

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

Pay in context

At roughly $34/hr, this posting lands within a few percent of the $34/hr median for welding jobs in Elk Grove Village, IL, whose middle half runs $25–$40/hr across 9 postings with published pay. Put another way, it pays more than about 56% 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 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 352 other active welding openings from 205 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.

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. Elk Grove Village is among them.

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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. Mechanical Technician- Electro figures were last recalculated when this page was built.