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Overview

The Maintenance Mechanic 2 is responsible for maintaining the organization's production equipment, performing troubleshooting and repairs, and assisting in training other employees. This role requires expertise in mechanical and electrical repairs of various machinery.

Responsibilities

  • Maintain organization's production equipment.
  • Perform electrical and/or mechanical troubleshooting and repairs in response to equipment errors or failures.
  • Repair and maintain machinery and mechanical equipment according to diagrams, sketches, operation manuals, and manufacturer's specifications.
  • Use hand tools, power tools, and precision measuring and testing instruments for repairs.
  • Repair or reproduce parts using welders or machine tools such as lathes and milling machines.
  • Conduct building repairs and other miscellaneous duties as assigned.
  • Share expertise and help train other employees as assigned.
  • Carry out other responsibilities as delegated by management.
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How this job compares in Saint Charles, IL

Pay in context

At roughly $26/hr, this posting comes in about 21% below the $33/hr median for welding jobs across Illinois, where the middle half runs $28–$40/hr across 241 postings with published pay. Put another way, it pays more than about 22% 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 Saint Charles, IL

Saint Charles, IL is a small market in our index: 1 other active welding opening alongside this one, from 1 employer. Across Illinois as a whole we're tracking 338 other active welding openings from 201 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 (14), S&C Electric Company (11), and Venteon (10). 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 Downers Grove at $46/hr, Chicago at $37/hr, and Elk Grove Village at $34/hr. If you can relocate or commute, that spread is worth factoring in.

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Pay figures are medians computed from live postings in the Welding Pros index, not from survey data, and they move as employers post. Maintenance Mechanic 2 - 2nd Shift (BCS) figures were last recalculated when this page was built.