Lead Maintenance Technician (Biotech Industry) (2nd Shift)
Location
Northbrook, IL
Wage
$27.76 – $47.19/hr
Employment Type
Full-time
Posted on October 30, 2026
Location
Northbrook, IL
Wage
$27.76 – $47.19/hr
Employment Type
Full-time
Posted on October 30, 2026
Diasorin is a global leader in diagnostic solutions, dedicated to improving healthcare worldwide through innovative diagnostic assays and instruments. The Lead Maintenance Technician will lead maintenance activities to ensure production equipment operates efficiently and safely.
At roughly $37/hr, this posting sits about 14% above the $33/hr median for welding jobs across Illinois — toward the top of a $28–$40/hr middle band drawn from 240 postings with published pay. Put another way, it pays more than about 65% of the comparable postings we have wage data for. Pay that far above local median usually comes attached to something: a harder cert requirement, travel, night shift, or overtime that isn't really optional. Worth establishing which before you accept.
Northbrook, IL is a small market in our index: 2 other active welding openings alongside this one, from 2 employers. Across Illinois as a whole we're tracking 331 other active welding openings from 198 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 (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. If you can relocate or commute, that spread is worth factoring in.
Pay figures are medians computed from live postings in the Welding Pros index, not from survey data, and they move as employers post. Lead Maintenance Technician (Biotech Industry) (2nd Shift) figures were last recalculated when this page was built.