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Kerry

Maintenance Technician - 2nd Shift

Location

Chicago, IL

Wage

$32 – $40/hr

Employment Type

Full-time

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Posted on November 4, 2026

Job Description

Overview

Kerry is the world's leading taste and nutrition company for the food, beverage, and pharmaceutical industries, seeking a Maintenance Technician for their 2nd shift in Chicago, IL. This role involves performing preventive maintenance, troubleshooting, and repairs across various systems to ensure operational efficiency.

Responsibilities

  • Perform inspections and preventive maintenance and troubleshoot/repair plant equipment and facility systems.
  • Support electrical work including troubleshooting motors/controls and installing conduit and wiring for motors, lighting, and control devices.
  • Perform mechanical and piping work as needed and welding/fabrication support as qualified.
  • Support plant projects and coordinate work with Engineering, operators, and outside contractors/vendors.
  • Follow all safety and quality requirements and ensure maintenance work is completed using safe procedures.
  • Use SAP/MVP to document work, track parts, and support maintenance planning and reporting.

Requirements

  • High school diploma (or equivalent) plus vocational/trade training.
  • 5 years of experience in building maintenance and machinery repair.
  • Repair and maintain instrumentation and low-voltage circuits.
  • Knowledge of basic 110/480V electrical wiring.
  • Ability to read and interpret blueprints, wiring diagrams, and flowcharts.
  • Detail-oriented with the ability to spot inconsistencies and correct errors.
  • Ability to weld on pipe.
  • General knowledge of ammonia systems and compressors.

Benefits

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

Additional Information

  • 2nd Shift, 300 PM - 1130 PM
  • Location: Chicago, IL

Benefits

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

Pay in context

At roughly $36/hr, this posting lands within a few percent of the $38/hr median for welding jobs in Chicago, IL, whose middle half runs $31–$50/hr across 71 postings with published pay. Put another way, it pays more than about 38% 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 95 other active welding openings in Chicago, IL right now, from 48 different employers. 24 of them were added in the last week. Across Illinois as a whole we're tracking 331 other active welding openings from 199 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.

Kerry currently has 2 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 (17), S&C Electric Company (11), and Venteon (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, Downers Grove at $36/hr, and Addison at $36/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. Maintenance Technician - 2nd Shift figures were last recalculated when this page was built.