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Job Description

Overview

Crown Equipment Corporation, one of the world's largest lift truck manufacturers, is seeking a Dock and Door Service Tech in Schaumburg, IL. The role involves troubleshooting and maintaining dock and door equipment while providing excellent customer service.

Responsibilities

  • Troubleshoot, diagnose, service, repair and install dock and door equipment.
  • Perform all assigned planned maintenance on customer dock and door equipment.
  • Welding.
  • Maintain a service van and its inventory.
  • Process paperwork after completion of each job.

Requirements

  • Less than 2 years related experience.
  • High school diploma or equivalent.
  • Valid driver's license and good driving record.
  • Ability to safely operate lift trucks.
  • Technical school graduate preferred.
  • Mechanical and electrical aptitude.
  • Welding experience.
  • Good written and verbal communication and customer care skills.
  • Read and understand hydraulic and electrical schematics.
  • Familiar with tools and equipment such as common hand tools.

Benefits

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

Additional Information

  • Crown will only employ those who are legally authorized to work in the United States.
  • 40 Hours Per Week plus Overtime.
  • Primarily 1st Shift.

Benefits

Competitive Wages
Health Insurance
Dental
Vision
PTO
401k
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How this job compares in Schaumburg, IL

Pay in context

At roughly $26/hr, this posting comes in about 18% below the $31/hr median for welding jobs across Illinois, where the middle half runs $27–$40/hr across 277 postings with published pay. Put another way, it pays more than about 19% of the comparable postings we have wage data for. That gap is worth raising directly — in a market this size there is normally room to negotiate toward the median, particularly if you already hold the certifications the posting asks for.

The local market in Schaumburg, IL

We're tracking 11 other active welding openings in Schaumburg, IL right now, from 6 different employers. 4 of them were added in the last week. Across Illinois as a whole we're tracking 368 other active welding openings from 212 employers. A metro this active generally means you have real leverage — employers here are competing for the same welders. Browse every welding job in Schaumburg, or widen the search to Illinois.

Crown Equipment Corporation currently has 1 other opening live in Illinois, which is usually a sign of either steady growth or steady turnover — worth asking which in the interview.

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.

Similar openings near Schaumburg, IL

Pay figures are medians computed from live postings in the Welding Pros index, not from survey data, and they move as employers post. Dock and Door Service Tech figures were last recalculated when this page was built.