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Overview

Greif is a global leader in performance packaging, committed to delivering innovative solutions while ensuring customer service and sustainability. The Maintenance II position involves performing mechanical maintenance tasks and ensuring equipment operates safely and efficiently.

Responsibilities

  • Perform all duties in a safe and collaborative manner and report any safety concerns to the supervisor.
  • Start up and shut down equipment according to operation requirements and safety procedures.
  • Perform fabrication, hydraulic, and pneumatic maintenance tasks to support continuous improvement.
  • Troubleshoot and repair mechanical, hydraulic, pneumatic, and equipment issues.
  • Receive instructions for emergency and scheduled repair, installation, and inspection work.
  • Plan working procedures to determine material or replacement needs.
  • Perform plant-wide mechanical maintenance and make operating adjustments as required.
  • Diagnose and repair activities with detailed working procedures.
  • Set-up, adjust, calibrate, and operate equipment; perform layout and bench work.
  • Inspect for defects and determine the best process for repairs.
  • Assist in maintaining building needs, including heating and cooling systems.
  • Assist in disassembling, moving, or relocating equipment and installing new equipment.
  • Provide for the safe disposal of toxic materials and supplies.
  • Maintain tools and work area in a safe and secure manner.
  • Maintain daily work logs and update equipment records.
  • Maintain preventative maintenance and lubrication schedules.
  • Promote and comply with good safety practices and habits.

Requirements

  • Technical certification preferred and/or enrolled in an associate degree in a related field.
  • 5+ years of experience and/or equivalent training in a manufacturing or industrial environment.
  • Proficient CMMS computer experience.
  • Knowledge of Lathe, Mill, and Drill press.
  • Knowledge of mechanical, welding, hydraulic, and pneumatic skills.
  • Ability to operate machines and hand-tools relevant to a manufacturing environment.
  • Ability to troubleshoot mechanical problems and take initiative.

Benefits

  • PTO

Benefits

PTO
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How this job compares in Alsip, IL

Pay in context

At roughly $35/hr, this posting sits about 14% above the $31/hr median for welding jobs across Illinois — toward the top of a $27–$40/hr middle band drawn from 276 postings with published pay. Put another way, it pays more than about 63% 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 Alsip, IL

Alsip, IL currently has 4 other active welding openings besides this one, spread across 4 employers. 1 of them was added in the last week. Across Illinois as a whole we're tracking 368 other active welding openings from 211 employers. That's enough local activity to be worth comparing two or three offers before committing. Browse every welding job in Alsip, 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 (18), Staff on Site (13), and Sargent & Lundy (11). 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 Downers Grove at $44/hr, Chicago at $38/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. 2nd Shift - Maintenance II figures were last recalculated when this page was built.