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Hydro, Inc.

Lead Rotating Equipment Rebuild Specialist (Pumps)

Location

Chicago, IL

Wage

$35 – $45/hr

Employment Type

Full-time

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Posted on October 14, 2026

Job Description

Overview

Hydro, Inc. is a global leader in industrial pump reengineering and the world’s largest independent pump rebuilder. The Lead Rotating Equipment Rebuild Specialist will oversee pump repair operations, ensuring quality and efficiency while mentoring a small team.

Responsibilities

  • Coordinate daily workflow with the shop superintendent and communicate priorities to the floor.
  • Ensure traveler requisitions are followed for each customized pump repair.
  • Assign tasks to mechanics aligned to customer delivery dates.
  • Perform shop and on-site pump disassembly, inspection, reporting, cleaning, and reassembly.
  • Lead, train, and mentor a small team in assembly/disassembly techniques.
  • Partner with management to craft solution-based scopes/proposals that demonstrate value and support revenue and margin goals.
  • Provide technical guidance to customers and internal teams.
  • Verify adherence to QA/QC procedures.
  • Participate in production/sales meetings to report floor status.
  • Interpret blueprints and technical drawings for repair and reassembly.
  • Advise the shop superintendent when jobs are complete and ready to ship.
  • Conduct routine safety observations and inspections; maintain a clean, safe shop.
  • Serve as acting shop superintendent when needed.

Requirements

  • 5+ years of experience in the pump industry.
  • Proven capability to work independently on service/maintenance activities, including accurate measurement, documentation, and use of applicable standards for quality workmanship.
  • Hands-on repair experience with at least two pump types: Multi-Stage BB4 and BB5, BB1, BB2, BB3.
  • Field Service experience is a plus.
  • Background in steel or power industry environments.
  • Familiarity with ANSI/Hydraulic Institute and/or API codes and their applications.
  • Strong interpersonal skills for customer and team interactions.
  • Analytical troubleshooting skills to diagnose systemic issues.
  • Proficient with Microsoft Word and Outlook; able to navigate web-based service literature and programs.

Additional Information

  • Willingness to work overtime, weekends, and holidays as required to meet customer needs.
  • Ensure the building is secure each evening.
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How this job compares in Chicago, IL

Pay in context

At roughly $40/hr, this posting lands within a few percent of the $38/hr median for welding jobs in Chicago, IL, whose middle half runs $30–$50/hr across 78 postings with published pay. Put another way, it pays more than about 62% 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 Chicago, IL

We're tracking 108 other active welding openings in Chicago, IL right now, from 61 different employers. 50 of them were added in the last week. Across Illinois as a whole we're tracking 368 other active welding openings from 211 employers. A metro this active generally means you have real leverage — employers here are competing for the same welders. Browse every welding job in Chicago, 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. Chicago is among them.

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