Maintenance Mech II
Location
Deerfield, IL
Wage
$25.85/hr
Employment Type
Full-time
Posted on October 9, 2026
Location
Deerfield, IL
Wage
$25.85/hr
Employment Type
Full-time
Posted on October 9, 2026
CJE SeniorLife is seeking a Maintenance Mech II to ensure safe and functioning building systems and equipment for residents at the Weinberg Community for Senior Living in Deerfield, IL. The role involves performing maintenance and repairs on various mechanical systems while adhering to safety protocols.
At roughly $26/hr, this posting comes in about 17% 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 21% 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.
This is the only active welding job we're currently tracking in Deerfield, IL, which makes it worth moving on quickly — there is no local competing offer to weigh it against. Across Illinois as a whole we're tracking 368 other active welding openings from 211 employers. Browse welding jobs across 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.
Pay figures are medians computed from live postings in the Welding Pros index, not from survey data, and they move as employers post. Maintenance Mech II figures were last recalculated when this page was built.