Job Description

Overview

Matrix Adhesives Group, founded in 2021, is a growth-driven company focused on delivering high-performance bonding and sealing solutions across various industries. The Maintenance Mechanic will be responsible for setting up and troubleshooting machinery, performing maintenance repairs, and ensuring operational excellence.

Responsibilities

  • Prepares and sets up machinery as required for scheduled production runs.
  • Performs scheduled maintenance repairs of production and batching equipment.
  • Provides emergency/unscheduled repairs of production equipment during production.
  • Diagnoses problems, replaces or repairs parts, tests and makes adjustments.
  • Detects faulty operations, defective material and reports those and any unusual situations to proper supervision.
  • Operates different types of forklifts.
  • Complies with OSHA safety and rules.

Requirements

  • High School Diploma or equivalent.
  • Some college preferred.
  • Minimum of five (5) years of experience in maintenance and/or equivalent formal education in industrial mechanical/electrical maintenance.
  • Electrically inclined in industrial liquid packaging.
  • Previous experience in boilers, pumps, mixers, conveyors, stretch wrappers, and palletizers.
  • Proficiency in using a digital Volt, Ohm, Amp meter when testing electrical circuitry.
  • Experience and knowledge in hydraulics, pneumatics, welding, fabricating, electrical (AC/DC circuits), HVAC, air compressors, air dryers, building and grounds maintenance, and forklifts.
  • Must be able to read, write and understand the English language.
  • Must be able to work with minimal supervision from verbal, written and diagrammed instructions.
  • Should be able to read electrical motor control ladder logic prints and draw them.
  • Must have basic understanding in Programmable Logical Controls and basic electronics.
  • Basic computer skills (Word and Outlook) are required.

Additional Information

  • This is a full-time position.
  • Hours of work are Monday through Friday, 7:00 a.m. to 3:30 p.m.
  • The employee is frequently exposed to fumes or airborne particles, moving mechanical parts and vibration.
  • The noise level in the work environment can be loud.

How this job compares in Calumet City, IL

Pay in context

This employer didn't publish a rate. For reference, welding jobs across Illinois currently run a median of $33/hr in our index, with the middle half of them falling between $28–$40/hr across 241 postings with published pay. That median is a reasonable floor to anchor on when a recruiter asks what you're looking for.

The local market in Calumet City, IL

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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.

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