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Job Description

Overview

The Plant Engineer III position involves maintaining and repairing hospital equipment and ensuring a safe working environment. The role requires certification in a specific trade related to healthcare engineering and offers competitive compensation and benefits.

Responsibilities

  • Maintain accurate logs on all equipment in the hospital.
  • Provide a safe working environment.
  • Maintain and repair mechanical, HVAC, electrical, plumbing, plant maintenance, and medical gas systems.
  • Maintain the building and its related systems.

Requirements

  • Five (5) years experience in an acute healthcare setting preferred.
  • Able to troubleshoot, read schematics, and/or blueprints.
  • Valid state driver's license.
  • Certified and/or licensed in a specified trade related to healthcare engineering.
  • High School Diploma or equivalent required.

Benefits

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

Additional Information

  • Employment status is Per Diem.
  • Shift is Days.

Benefits

PTO
401k
Health Insurance
Dental
Vision
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How this job compares in Chicago, IL

Pay in context

At roughly $38/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 79 postings with published pay. Put another way, it pays more than about 56% 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.

Similar openings near Chicago, IL

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