Maintenance Technician II
Location
Chicago, IL
Wage
$28.56 – $36.49/hr
Employment Type
Full-time
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Posted on November 6, 2026
Job Description
Overview
Cintas is seeking a Maintenance Technician II to provide maintenance support to the Distribution Center, focusing on reducing downtime and ensuring the proper functioning of machinery and systems. The company helps businesses maintain clean and safe facilities with a variety of products and services.
Responsibilities
- Anticipate maintenance issues and provide support to the Distribution Center.
- Take corrective action to reduce or eliminate downtime.
- Provide immediate response to problems in conveyor systems and machinery.
- Examine and remove defective parts using hand and power tools.
- Perform preventative maintenance and contact outside vendors as necessary.
- Order parts and perform daily and weekly safety checks.
- Provide technical guidance on policies and procedures.
Requirements
- 2+ years' work experience repairing distribution center/industrial equipment.
- Strong mechanical aptitude and hands-on approach.
- Ability to read and understand maintenance literature in English.
- Basic skills using Microsoft Office (Word, Excel, Outlook).
- High School Diploma/GED.
Benefits
- Health Insurance
- Dental
- Vision
- 401k
- PTO
Additional Information
- Full Time
- 1st Shift
Benefits
Health Insurance
Dental
Vision
401k
PTO
How this job compares in Chicago, IL
Pay in context
At roughly $33/hr, this posting comes in about 12% below the $37/hr median for welding jobs in Chicago, IL, where the middle half runs $31–$46/hr across 69 postings with published pay. Put another way, it pays more than about 29% 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 Chicago, IL
We're tracking 99 other active welding openings in Chicago, IL right now, from 51 different employers. 28 of them were added in the last week. Across Illinois as a whole we're tracking 338 other active welding openings from 202 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.
Cintas currently has 2 other openings live in Illinois, which is usually a sign of either steady growth or steady turnover — worth asking which in the interview.
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. Chicago is among them.
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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 Technician II figures were last recalculated when this page was built.