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Quikrete

Maintenance Technician

Location

Pekin, IL

Wage

$28/hr

Employment Type

Full-time

Required Skills & Certifications

Steel
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Posted on November 3, 2026

Job Description

Overview

The QUIKRETE® Companies, the leading producer of packaged concrete and related products, is seeking an experienced General Mechanic for their Pekin, IL location. This position requires a safety-minded electrician/mechanic with expertise in controls, electrical diagnostics, welding, and pneumatics/hydraulics.

Responsibilities

  • Maintain, repair, and overhaul all production machinery and equipment.
  • Maintain and repair buildings and grounds.
  • Install, relocate, or remove machinery and equipment.
  • Troubleshoot electrical and mechanical systems.
  • Comply with PM log records on all PM work done.
  • Initiate requests for maintenance supplies, spare parts and tools.
  • Select the proper lubricants for machinery and equipment.
  • Comply with all safety rules and regulations at all times.
  • Perform housekeeping duties in the maintenance/work areas.
  • Responsible for the safekeeping of all company tools used.

Requirements

  • Must be a high school graduate or equivalent.
  • Must be able to operate and work around industrial machinery.
  • Cannot be afraid of heights or enclosed spaces.
  • Must be able to wear respirators, safety glasses, and/or hearing protection in required areas.
  • Must be able to work with others with limited supervision.
  • Must be able to take direction in a manufacturing environment with ever changing demands.

Benefits

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

Additional Information

  • 1st shift schedule.
  • Requires physical endurance to work 45-55 hours per week over a period of 5 to 6 days.
  • Work location is in person.

Benefits

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

Pay in context

At roughly $28/hr, this posting comes in about 12% below the $32/hr median for welding jobs across Illinois, where the middle half runs $27–$41/hr across 252 postings with published pay. Put another way, it pays more than about 29% 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 Pekin, IL

Pekin, 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 341 other active welding openings from 216 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 (16), S&C Electric Company (10), and The Boyd Group LLC (8). 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 $39/hr, Downers Grove at $36/hr, and Elk Grove Village at $34/hr. If you can relocate or commute, that spread is worth factoring in.

Similar openings near Pekin, IL

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