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Job Description

Overview

This role focuses on the maintenance, repair, and installation of equipment and machinery across a multi-building metal stamping and fabrication operation. The company promotes a strong safety culture and values clean and well-maintained workspaces.

Responsibilities

  • Maintain, repair, and install equipment and machinery throughout the plant to support continuous production.
  • Troubleshoot mechanical, electrical, pneumatic, and hydraulic issues to quickly identify root causes and implement effective solutions.
  • Perform preventive maintenance on production equipment to minimize downtime and extend equipment life.
  • Work on a variety of metal stamping and fabrication machinery, including punch presses, brake presses, turret presses, some CNC equipment, welding machines, and paint line systems.
  • Read and interpret blueprints, specifications, requirements, and procedures to perform accurate maintenance and repairs.
  • Verify that equipment is operating properly after maintenance or repair and make necessary adjustments to optimize performance.
  • Follow all safety policies and procedures while performing maintenance tasks, including lockout/tagout and other safety protocols.
  • Maintain good housekeeping and sanitation practices in work areas, ensuring tools, parts, and equipment are organized and workspaces remain clean.
  • Report equipment issues, safety concerns, and recurring problems promptly to supervision for further action or support.
  • Support machinery moves, installations, and remodeling activities as equipment and lines are relocated within the facility.
  • Perform other related duties as assigned to support the maintenance team and overall plant operations.

Benefits

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

Additional Information

  • The role is based in a metal stamping company that is actively growing and remodeling its operations.
  • You will work primarily on 1st shift from 6:00 a.m. to 2:30 p.m.
  • This is a fully onsite position in Vernon Hills, IL.

Benefits

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

Pay in context

At roughly $32/hr, this posting lands within a few percent of the $31/hr median for welding jobs across Illinois, whose middle half runs $26–$41/hr across 184 postings with published pay. Put another way, it pays more than about 52% 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 Indian Creek, IL

This is the only active welding job we're currently tracking in Indian Creek, 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 242 other active welding openings from 146 employers. Browse welding jobs across Illinois.

Aerotek currently has 4 other openings 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 (12), S&C Electric Company (9), and Crash Champions (9). 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 Chicago at $38/hr, Elk Grove Village at $34/hr, and Bedford Park at $30/hr. If you can relocate or commute, that spread is worth factoring in.

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