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Overview

The Maintenance Mechanic is responsible for repairing and maintaining plastic molding machinery and electro-mechanical equipment. This role requires a full understanding of hydraulics, pneumatics, electricity, and PLC troubleshooting, and is part of a company dedicated to sustainability and innovation.

Responsibilities

  • Performs routine preventive maintenance checks on all production equipment and machinery.
  • Replaces or repairs parts on machines such as bearings, filters, wiring, valves, gauges and switches.
  • Observes and listens to mechanical devices in operation to locate causes of trouble.
  • Dismantles devices to gain access to and remove defective parts.
  • Inspects used parts to determine changes in dimensional requirements.
  • Adjusts functional parts of devices and control instruments.
  • Initiates purchase order for parts and machines, lubricates, and cleans parts.
  • Participates in on-call program and may be required to work additional hours.
  • Follows all safety rules and procedures.

Requirements

  • High school diploma or GED plus one year related experience and/or training.
  • Full understanding of hydraulics, pneumatics, electricity, and PLC troubleshooting.
  • Prefer Electrician's License, but not mandatory.

Benefits

  • Health Insurance
  • Dental
  • PTO

Additional Information

  • Day Shift: Monday-Friday 7a-3p.
  • Ability to work 12-hour shifts, 8a-8p or 8p-8am, rotating: 36 hours one week, 48 hours the next.
  • Must be able to lift and/or move more than 100 pounds with assistance.

Benefits

Health Insurance
Dental
PTO
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How this job compares in Elk Grove, IL

Pay in context

At roughly $33/hr, this posting lands within a few percent of the $33/hr median for welding jobs across Illinois, whose middle half runs $28–$40/hr across 241 postings with published pay. Put another way, it pays more than about 48% 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 Elk Grove, IL

Elk Grove, IL is a small market in our index: 1 other active welding opening alongside this one, from 1 employer. Across Illinois as a whole we're tracking 338 other active welding openings from 202 employers. With this few local postings, most welders here end up either commuting or looking at travel work. Browse welding jobs across Illinois.

Mauser Packaging Solutions 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 (14), S&C Electric Company (11), and Venteon (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 Downers Grove at $46/hr, Chicago at $37/hr, and Elk Grove Village at $34/hr. If you can relocate or commute, that spread is worth factoring in.

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