Job Description
Title: Maintenance Technician II
Location: Alsip, IL
Hire Type: Direct Hire
Shift: 3rd Shift | Sunday Night – Friday Morning | 9:00 PM – 5:00 AM (Up to 5 hours of overtime per week)
Compensation: $35.00–$37.00/hour
Benefits: Benefits packet.
Must Have Skill Set:
- 3+ years of industrial maintenance experience in a manufacturing environment
- Strong electrical and controls troubleshooting experience
- Ability to troubleshoot, edit, and maintain Allen-Bradley CompactLogix PLCs (no programming required)
- Experience troubleshooting mechanical, electrical, pneumatic, and PLC-controlled equipment
- Preventive maintenance and equipment repair experience
- Manufacturing experience required (no facilities, commercial, or residential maintenance backgrounds)
Overview:
Sterling has helped build careers for thousands of professionals like yourself. Our expert recruiters support you every step of the way as you search for your next opportunity. We are seeking a Maintenance Technician with strong electrical and controls experience to support a high-speed manufacturing operation. This role is ideal for someone who enjoys troubleshooting complex equipment, has experience maintaining Allen-Bradley CompactLogix PLC systems, and is eager to continue developing their technical skills. We're looking for someone who is motivated, dependable, and excited to learn and grow within a collaborative maintenance team.
Job Duties:
- Troubleshoot and repair electrical, mechanical, pneumatic, and PLC-controlled production equipment.
- Maintain and edit Allen-Bradley CompactLogix PLC programs for troubleshooting and equipment support (no programming required).
- Perform preventive maintenance, equipment repairs, overhauls, and installations.
- Diagnose equipment failures and work closely with production to minimize downtime.
- Complete maintenance work orders and document repairs using a CMMS.
- Operate maintenance tools and equipment safely while following all safety, GMP, and quality procedures.
- Support continuous improvement initiatives to improve equipment reliability and production efficiency.
- Maintain a clean, safe, and organized work environment.
Qualifications:
- Minimum of 3 years of industrial maintenance experience in a manufacturing environment.
- Experience troubleshooting and maintaining Allen-Bradley CompactLogix PLCs; programming experience is not required.
- Strong troubleshooting skills involving electrical, mechanical, pneumatic, and controls systems.
- Experience with preventive maintenance and industrial production equipment.
- Positive attitude with a strong desire to learn, develop new skills, and grow within the organization.
- Ability to work independently on 3rd shift in a fast-paced manufacturing environment.
- No facilities, commercial, or residential maintenance experience will be considered—manufacturing maintenance experience is required.
Qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, age, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, protected veteran status, or genetic information.
Numbers & Facts
| Location | Alsip, IL |
| Industry | Staffing/Employment Agencies |
| Salary | $35–$37 Per Hour |
| Company Size | 500 to 999 employees |
| Year Founded | 1969 |
| Website | http://www.sterling-engineering.com |
About Company
Sterling Engineering has been a trusted partner for engineering, project management, and staffing solutions for over five decades. We provide exceptional engineering/technical recruitment and engineering project services to clients nationwide:
- Engineering & Technical Recruitment - With our focus on engineering, technical, and IT, Sterling has the in-depth knowledge, industry expertise, and robust employee pipeline it takes to rapidly find talent for even the most difficult to fill positions. Sterling’s extensive recruitment methodology allows us to engage the most talented employees in the marketplace. We offer exciting work and career-building opportunities for our candidates, along with expert support at every step of the process.
- Engineering Project Services – Our experienced, multi-disciplined team of project managers, engineers, and designers, led by licensed Professional Engineers (PE), provide project management, engineering, design, and Commissioning, Qualification, and Validation (CQV) to manufacturing, OEM, and R&D customers. We work on complex, highly technical projects across a number of industry sectors, and our ability to scale and seamlessly integrate at multiple levels of your organization is what differentiates us.
Sterling offers a unique combination of engineering solutions and Best of Staffing level service to help our clients and talent achieve their goals.
Skills
- Allen-Bradleyunmatched
- Computerized Maintenance Management System (CMMS)unmatched
- Continuous Improvementunmatched
- Electricityunmatched
- Equipment Maintenance/Repairunmatched
- GMP (Good Manufacturing Practices)unmatched
- Identify Issuesunmatched
- Maintenance - Electricalunmatched
- Maintenance Servicesunmatched
- Manufacturingunmatched
- Manufacturing Equipment Maintenanceunmatched
- Manufacturing Operationsunmatched
- Organizational Skillsunmatched
- Preventative Maintenanceunmatched
- Production Controlunmatched
- Programmable Logic Controller (PLC)unmatched
- Reliability Engineeringunmatched
- Safety/Work Safetyunmatched
- Team Playerunmatched
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