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Job Description

Overview

The Machine Maintenance Associate installs, repairs, rebuilds, and troubleshoots machine tools and automation equipment. This role supports engineering and field teams by resolving mechanical and technical issues, monitoring product quality, and assisting with installations and trade shows.

Responsibilities

  • Install, repair, and rebuild machine tools, systems, and automation equipment.
  • Identify and resolve/repair any functional issues that occur with machines used for demonstration.
  • Analyze findings to determine the source of mechanical and/or technical issues with the full product line.
  • Coordinate repairs, replacements, and other corrective actions.
  • Support field installations, technical requests, and trade show preparation.
  • Perform other manufacturing and special-event duties as assigned.

Requirements

  • High school diploma or equivalent.
  • 1-3 years of experience applying electrical and mechanical knowledge in an engineering or maintenance environment.
  • Working knowledge of close-tolerance machining, metrology, CNC and PLC programming, and field-installation documentation.
  • Experience repairing or fabricating mechanical assemblies and servicing CNC equipment.
  • Intermediate proficiency with Microsoft Office Suite.

Benefits

  • Health Insurance
  • 401k
  • PTO

Additional Information

  • Travel up to 10%.
  • Starting pay: $22.00 / hr., with offers based on experience, education, and qualifications.

Benefits

Health Insurance
401k
PTO
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How this job compares in Arlington Heights, IL

Pay in context

At roughly $22/hr, this posting comes in about 29% 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 5% 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 Arlington Heights, IL

Arlington Heights, IL is a small market in our index: 2 other active welding openings alongside this one, from 2 employers. Across Illinois as a whole we're tracking 368 other active welding openings from 211 employers. With this few local postings, most welders here end up either commuting or looking at travel work. 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.

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