Back to Jobs

Job Description

Overview

Doumak, Inc., known as The Marshmallow Company, is a leading producer of marshmallows with an immediate opening for a Mechanical Technician-Electro in Elk Grove Village, IL. The position is for the 3rd shift and offers an hourly rate of $33.55 plus overtime.

Responsibilities

  • Support the Production Department to manufacture safe, quality products.
  • Respond to repair requests of production machinery and building equipment.
  • Troubleshoot electrical and mechanical problems and make repairs.
  • Work from drawings, schematics, blueprints, and instructions to perform tasks.
  • Perform adjustments, maintenance, and repairs to plant equipment.
  • Perform basic rebuilding of gearboxes, motors, and small pneumatic equipment.
  • Analyze existing problems and provide innovative solutions.
  • Unload powdered and liquid raw materials from rail cars as needed.
  • Perform scheduled preventive maintenance on equipment.
  • Assist with equipment installations and upgrades.
  • Follow all OSHA regulations, GMPs, and food safety laws.
  • Be available for weekend work, overtime, and flexible shifts.

Requirements

  • Strong ability in electrical maintenance, including 3-phase motors and controls.
  • Familiarity with the A-B ControlLogix control platform is a plus.
  • Industrial maintenance experience is preferred; food industry experience is a plus.
  • Familiarity with vertical bagging and scale equipment is preferred.
  • Must supply own hand tools and use power tools safely.
  • Must be able to climb ladders and stairs, work at heights, and lift 70 pounds.
  • Must be able to read and understand blueprints and electrical schematics.
  • Must be able to read, write, and speak English.
  • Must have strong team, leadership, verbal and written skills.
  • Must be a self-starter, able to work independently.
  • Some knowledge of mechanical and pneumatics operations expected.
  • Welding, piping, HVAC, Freon chillers, metal fabrication, and machining is a plus.
  • High School Diploma, GED, or equivalent required; vocational training or AA/AS degree is a plus.

Benefits

  • Health Insurance
  • Dental
  • 401k
  • PTO

Additional Information

  • Position is for 3rd shift (11 pm – 7 am).
  • Applicants will be required to pass a background check, drug screen, and technical test.

Benefits

Health Insurance
Dental
401k
PTO
Apply for This Position

How this job compares in Elk Grove Village, IL

Pay in context

At roughly $34/hr, this posting comes in about 16% below the $40/hr median for welding jobs in Elk Grove Village, IL, where the middle half runs $33–$40/hr across 14 postings with published pay. Put another way, it pays more than about 36% 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 Elk Grove Village, IL

We're tracking 15 other active welding openings in Elk Grove Village, IL right now, from 11 different employers. 6 of them were added in the last week. Across Illinois as a whole we're tracking 327 other active welding openings from 197 employers. A metro this active generally means you have real leverage — employers here are competing for the same welders. Browse every welding job in Elk Grove Village, or widen the search to Illinois.

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 Elk Grove Village at $40/hr, Chicago at $38/hr, and Downers Grove at $36/hr. Elk Grove Village is among them.

Similar openings near Elk Grove Village, IL

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