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Overview

Our client is a large, established food manufacturer with multiple production facilities throughout the Midwest, looking to strengthen their maintenance team with experienced technicians who can keep production equipment running safely and efficiently. This hands-on opportunity involves working with automated packaging equipment, electrical and mechanical systems, motors, pumps, refrigeration, and other plant equipment.

Responsibilities

  • Troubleshoot and repair mechanical and electrical production equipment.
  • Diagnose electrical systems and replace failed components.
  • Read and interpret electrical schematics, diagrams, blueprints, and equipment drawings.
  • Troubleshoot PLC-controlled equipment and understand ladder logic.
  • Service and repair electric motors, pumps, refrigeration equipment, heaters, coolers, and related systems.
  • Perform routine preventative and corrective maintenance.
  • Troubleshoot packaging and processing machinery.
  • Fabricate, assemble, repair, and test machine components as needed.
  • Assist with equipment installation and relocation.
  • Use hand tools, power tools, forklifts, and other maintenance equipment.
  • Document repairs and equipment conditions.
  • Maintain a clean and safe work environment.

Requirements

  • 4+ years of industrial maintenance, mechanical, and/or electrical experience preferred.
  • Manufacturing or production maintenance experience strongly preferred.
  • Experience with automated packaging or processing equipment is a plus.
  • Working knowledge of PLC ladder logic and industrial electrical systems.
  • Strong mechanical and electrical troubleshooting abilities.
  • Experience with motors, pumps, electrical components, and production machinery.
  • Ability to read schematics, drawings, and blueprints.
  • Technical or vocational training in electrical or mechanical maintenance is preferred.
  • Ability to work in a fast-paced production environment.
  • Willingness to work overtime, weekends, holidays, and varying shifts as required.
  • Comfortable working in refrigerated areas of 40°F or below.
  • Able to meet the physical requirements of a hands-on maintenance position.

Benefits

  • Health Insurance

Benefits

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How this job compares in South Holland, 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 52% 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 South Holland, IL

South Holland, 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 338 other active welding openings from 202 employers. With this few local postings, most welders here end up either commuting or looking at travel work. Browse welding jobs across Illinois.

Jobot currently has 5 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. 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 Technician figures were last recalculated when this page was built.