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Overview

Dynamic Manufacturing is seeking a dedicated Entry Level Maintenance Technician to join their team. The ideal candidate will have a strong interest in maintenance or trade-related work, some experience or education in mechanical, hydraulic, or electrical concepts, and the ability to work independently and in a team environment.

Responsibilities

  • Use hand tools and power tools to install, set up, troubleshoot, maintain, and repair production equipment, material handling equipment, and building systems.
  • Perform emergency/unscheduled repairs of production equipment.
  • Perform scheduled maintenance of production equipment.
  • Conduct repair and maintenance tasks, including mechanical, electrical, pneumatic, and hydraulic repair and maintenance of production machines.
  • Read and interpret equipment manuals and work orders to perform required maintenance and service.
  • Interpret blueprints and/or schematics for assigned equipment.
  • Ensure compliance with applicable environmental and safety laws, regulations, and policies.
  • Prepare and set up machinery for scheduled production runs.
  • Assist in maintenance of facility systems and utilities.

Requirements

  • Strong interest in maintenance or trade-related work.
  • Some experience or education in mechanical, hydraulic, or electrical concepts.
  • Ability to work independently and in a team environment.
  • Perform basic shop mathematics (addition, subtraction, multiplication, and division).
  • Correctly measure and record dimensions of equipment and parts.
  • Completely and correctly sketch custom parts and tools.
  • Diagnose mechanical, electrical, hydraulic, and pneumatic equipment malfunctions.
  • Use powered and non-powered hand tools.
  • Read and write memos, emails, and correspondence.
  • Enter, edit, read, and interpret maintenance records and preventive maintenance schedules.
  • Hold a valid Class C Driver's License or equivalent.
  • Read technical documentation pertaining to assigned equipment to be maintained and/or repaired.
  • Experience with Outlook and general computer skills.
  • Experience with, or the ability and desire to learn to use a scissor lift or boom lift.
  • Ability to access tight spaces to work on equipment.

Benefits

  • 401k
  • PTO

Benefits

401k
PTO
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How this job compares in Melrose Park, 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 Melrose Park, IL

Melrose Park, IL currently has 4 other active welding openings besides this one, spread across 3 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 201 employers. That's enough local activity to be worth comparing two or three offers before committing. Browse every welding job in Melrose Park, or widen the search to 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.

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