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Overview

As a Maintenance Technician, you will perform, monitor, and evaluate preventative maintenance plans while working towards improving equipment and processes. The company is recognized as one of America’s Safest Companies by EHS Today and values a positive team culture.

Responsibilities

  • Perform maintenance for extrusion blow molding and support machinery.
  • Execute and continuously improve preventative maintenance procedures.
  • Participate in changeovers, ensuring efficient and correct execution.
  • Repair and rebuild spare parts.
  • Assure compliance with all safety protocols and quality standards.
  • Expand expertise through formal training and on-the-job experiences.

Requirements

  • Ability to work 3rd shift, with overtime and vacation coverage as needed.
  • High School Diploma, GED, or equivalent.
  • A minimum of three years of experience maintaining manufacturing equipment.
  • Experience with Graham Wheel, case packers, and box machines is preferred.
  • Solid hydraulics, pneumatics, and electrical knowledge.
  • Ability to interpret technical and operational documents.
  • Ability to lift up to 75 pounds and work on aerial platforms up to 20 feet.

Benefits

  • Health Insurance
  • PTO
  • 401k

Employment Type

Full-time

Compensation

  • Wage: $33-$35 per hour

Company Name

Plastipak

Benefits

Health Insurance
PTO
401k
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How this job compares in Alsip, IL

Pay in context

At roughly $34/hr, this posting lands within a few percent of the $33/hr median for welding jobs across Illinois, whose middle half runs $28–$40/hr across 241 postings with published pay. Put another way, it pays more than about 54% of the comparable postings we have wage data for. In other words it is a market-rate offer, so benefits, overtime, and shift schedule are where the real difference between this and the next posting on the list shows up.

The local market in Alsip, IL

Alsip, 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.

Similar openings near Alsip, IL

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