Job Description
Title: Maintenance Technician (Chemical Manufacturing)
Location: West Chicago, IL
Hire Type: Direct Hire
Hire Type: Direct Hire
Shifts available:
- 2nd Shift (3:00pm – 11:00pm)
- 3rd Shift (10:00pm to 6:30am)
Salary: $30-$39/hour + Shift Differential
Benefits: Medical, Dental, Vision, 401K, PTO, Paid Holidays and more!
MUST HAVE: Chemical Manufacturing Experience
In this role, you'll play a critical role in keeping production equipment operating safely and efficiently. This is a great opportunity for a hands-on Maintenance Technician looking to grow their career with a stable, industry-leading manufacturer that invests in its employees.
Job Duties:
- Perform preventive and predictive maintenance to maximize equipment reliability and minimize downtime.
- Troubleshoot, diagnose, and repair mechanical, electrical, pneumatic, hydraulic, and control systems.
- Maintain and repair industrial mixers, blenders, packaging equipment, robotic systems, pumps, valves, and pressure vessels.
- Read and interpret electrical, pneumatic, and mechanical schematics.
- Install new equipment and modify existing machinery as needed.
- Analyze equipment performance and recommend reliability improvements.
- Order repair parts and work closely with the Maintenance Supervisor to prioritize repairs.
- Ensure compliance with OSHA, Process Safety Management (PSM), and environmental regulations.
Qualifications:
- High school diploma or GED required.
- 5+ years of industrial maintenance experience in a manufacturing environment.
- Experience troubleshooting mechanical, electrical, hydraulic, and pneumatic systems.
- Ability to read electrical and pneumatic schematics.
- Working knowledge of PLC hardware and Ladder Logic troubleshooting.
- Familiarity with NEC and NFPA 70E electrical safety standards.
- Experience installing and modifying manufacturing equipment.
- Knowledge of Statistical Process Control (SPC) is a plus.
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 | West Chicago, IL |
| Industry | Staffing/Employment Agencies |
| Salary | $30–$39 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
- Control Systemsunmatched
- Electricityunmatched
- Environmental Regulationsunmatched
- Equipment Maintenance/Repairunmatched
- Establish Prioritiesunmatched
- High School Diplomaunmatched
- Hydraulic Engineeringunmatched
- Identify Issuesunmatched
- Ladder Logicunmatched
- Maintain Complianceunmatched
- Maintenance - Electricalunmatched
- Maintenance Servicesunmatched
- Manufacturingunmatched
- Manufacturing Equipmentunmatched
- National Electrical Codeunmatched
- OSHAunmatched
- Performance Analysisunmatched
- Pressure Vesselsunmatched
- Preventative Maintenanceunmatched
- Process Safety Managementunmatched
- Programmable Logic Controller (PLC)unmatched
- Pumpsunmatched
- Reliability Engineeringunmatched
- Safety Standardsunmatched
- Schematicsunmatched
- Statistical Process Controlunmatched
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