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Job Description

Overview

Flex-O-Glass is a leading plastics manufacturer and third generation family-owned company with over 101 years of business experience. The company is currently searching for a Maintenance Mechanic to join their maintenance team in Chicago, IL, ensuring machine efficiencies across the plant.

Responsibilities

  • Maintaining production equipment to optimize proper operation through preventative maintenance, troubleshooting and repairing of machinery.
  • Completing accurately all administrative documents required to maintain maintenance logs.
  • Troubleshooting in Industrial, electrical A/C & D/C motors and drives.
  • Reading and comprehending schematics.
  • Correcting failures related to hydraulics, pneumatic/mechanical systems.

Requirements

  • High School Diploma or GED required.
  • At least five years of maintenance and/or electrical experience in an industrial environment.
  • Ability to work independently with limited supervision.
  • Must be able to work nights, weekends, and overtime if needed.
  • Able to effectively communicate verbally and in writing on any outstanding issues or concerns.
  • Ideally possess a technical degree and maintenance experience in the plastics industry.

Additional Information

  • Work schedule is Monday through Friday from 7am to 3:30pm.
  • Position is based in Chicago, IL.
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How this job compares in Chicago, IL

Pay in context

This employer didn't publish a rate. For reference, welding jobs in Chicago, IL currently run a median of $38/hr in our index, with the middle half of them falling between $31–$50/hr across 72 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 Chicago, IL

We're tracking 95 other active welding openings in Chicago, IL right now, from 47 different employers. 25 of them were added in the last week. Across Illinois as a whole we're tracking 331 other active welding openings from 198 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.

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.

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