Maintenance Technician
Location
Elk Grove Village, IL
Posted on October 10, 2026
Location
Elk Grove Village, IL
Posted on October 10, 2026
The Maintenance Technician is responsible for performing highly diversified duties to install, troubleshoot, repair and maintain production and facility equipment according to safety, predictive and productive maintenance systems and processes to support the achievement of the site’s business goals and objectives.
- Ability to stand, walk, and perform physical tasks for extended periods. - Lift and carry heavy objects, up to 50 pounds, on a regular basis. - Work in confined spaces and at heights, utilizing appropriate safety equipment. - Bend, stoop, and reach to access equipment and perform repairs. The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.
- The work environment is predominantly indoors, within a steel production facility, which may involve exposure to noise, heat, dust, and various chemicals. - The position may require working in non-standard shifts, including evenings, nights, weekends, and holidays, to support maintenance needs and production schedules. The work environment characteristics described here are representative of those an employee encounters while performing the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.
The pay for this position is $29.50-36.06. If you are hired, your base salary will be determined based on factors such as geographic location, skills, education, and/or experience. In addition to those factors, we believe in the importance of pay equity and consider internal equity of our current team members as part of any final offer.
This employer didn't publish a rate. For reference, welding jobs across Illinois currently run a median of $30/hr in our index, with the middle half of them falling between $27–$40/hr across 222 postings with published pay. That median is a reasonable floor to anchor on when a recruiter asks what you're looking for.
Elk Grove Village, IL currently has 9 other active welding openings besides this one, spread across 7 employers. 2 of them were added in the last week. Across Illinois as a whole we're tracking 342 other active welding openings from 200 employers. That's enough local activity to be worth comparing two or three offers before committing. 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 (18), 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 $38/hr, Elk Grove Village at $34/hr, and Bedford Park at $34/hr. Elk Grove Village is among them.
Pay figures are medians computed from live postings in the Welding Pros index, not from survey data, and they move as employers post. Maintenance Technician figures were last recalculated when this page was built.