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Overview

The Industrial Maintenance Technician is responsible for the maintenance of machines and building equipment, facility repair, electrical tasks, calibration, installations, and preventative maintenance to ensure efficient and safe production operations.

Responsibilities

  • Perform a variety of electrical trade functions including installation, maintenance, and repair of equipment.
  • Conduct checks and balances on machines to ensure proper functioning.
  • Inspect, test, and adjust all systems, machinery, and equipment per maintenance schedule.
  • Respond to verbal or written instructions for safety and security calls regarding machinery.
  • Inspect damaged parts, determine the nature of repair, and use repair tools to rework or refinish worn or damaged parts.
  • Maintain the grounds including mowing, shrubs, trees, general yard work, and parking lot repairs.
  • Repair minor problems of buildings and foundations including roofs, ceilings, walls, floors, basements, and all mechanical contents.
  • Deliver and/or pick up supplies when needed.
  • Apply general knowledge of carpentry, HVAC, electrical, plumbing, refrigeration, welding, painting, and masonry work as needed.
  • Resolve problems and discrepancies with jobs and/or interact with management to amend issues.
  • Record repair and preventative maintenance details into electronic systems.
  • Maintain work area in a neat and clean manner.
  • Return tools and unused maintenance supplies to maintenance room at the end of each day.
  • Adhere to all company policies and procedures, paying special attention to health and safety procedures.
  • Perform other related duties as assigned.

Additional Information

  • Exposed to severe weather conditions; may need to work outside during extreme temperatures.
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How this job compares in Blue Island, IL

Pay in context

This employer didn't publish a rate. For reference, welding jobs across Illinois currently run a median of $33/hr in our index, with the middle half of them falling between $28–$40/hr across 242 postings with published pay. That median is a reasonable floor to anchor on when a recruiter asks what you're looking for.

The local market in Blue Island, IL

Blue Island, IL currently has 4 other active welding openings besides this one, spread across 2 employers. None of them were added in the last week, so this is a slower-moving market. Across Illinois as a whole we're tracking 338 other active welding openings from 202 employers. That's enough local activity to be worth comparing two or three offers before committing. Browse every welding job in Blue Island, or widen the search to Illinois.

Chicago Magnesium Casting Co currently has 3 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. Industrial Maintenance Technician figures were last recalculated when this page was built.