Job Description
Title: Maintenance Technician
Location: Alsip, IL
Hire Type: Direct Hire
Shift: 2nd Shift | 1:00 PM – 9:30 PM (Up to 5 hours of OT per week)
Compensation: $25.00 - $28.00/hour
Bonus/ Incentives/ Stock Options: Overtime available
Benefits: Comprehensive medical, dental, vision, 401(k), paid time off, paid holidays, and additional company-sponsored benefits.
Location: Alsip, IL
Hire Type: Direct Hire
Shift: 2nd Shift | 1:00 PM – 9:30 PM (Up to 5 hours of OT per week)
Compensation: $25.00 - $28.00/hour
Bonus/ Incentives/ Stock Options: Overtime available
Benefits: Comprehensive medical, dental, vision, 401(k), paid time off, paid holidays, and additional company-sponsored benefits.
Must have Skill Set:
- 1+ years of industrial maintenance experience in a manufacturing environment
- OR recent graduate of an Industrial Maintenance, Mechatronics, or Apprenticeship program
- Basic mechanical and electrical troubleshooting skills
- Strong desire to learn and grow within industrial maintenance
- Experience in manufacturing only (no facilities, commercial, or residential maintenance backgrounds)
Overview:
Sterling Engineering is partnering with a well-established food manufacturer in Alsip, IL to hire a Maintenance Technician for their 2nd shift team. This is an outstanding opportunity for someone early in their maintenance career who is eager to learn from experienced technicians and build a long-term career in manufacturing. Recent graduates from industrial maintenance or mechatronics programs are encouraged to apply. This facility is known for having one of the highest safety ratings among the company's U.S. plants, a clean and well-maintained work environment, and exceptional employee retention. The plant manufactures well-known products including Otis Spunkmeyer cookies, Starbucks bakery products, and breads supplied to McDonald's.
Job Duties:
- Perform preventive and corrective maintenance on bakery production equipment.
- Assist with troubleshooting mechanical, electrical, pneumatic, and hydraulic systems.
- Support equipment repairs, adjustments, and changeovers to maximize production uptime.
- Complete preventative maintenance tasks and accurately document work performed.
- Utilize hand tools, power tools, and maintenance equipment safely.
- Maintain compliance with GMP, food safety, and plant safety standards.
- Work closely with production and maintenance teams to ensure efficient equipment operation.
- Maintain a clean, organized, and safe work area.
Qualifications:
- High school diploma or GED required.
- Minimum 1 year of industrial maintenance experience in a manufacturing environment OR completion of an Industrial Maintenance, Mechatronics, or Apprenticeship program.
- Basic understanding of mechanical and electrical systems.
- Strong mechanical aptitude and willingness to learn.
- Ability to work safely in a fast-paced manufacturing environment.
- Excellent attendance, teamwork, and communication skills.
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 | $25–$28 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
- Bakeryunmatched
- Communication Skillsunmatched
- Cookiesunmatched
- Electrical Engineeringunmatched
- Electricityunmatched
- Employee Retentionunmatched
- Equipment Maintenance/Repairunmatched
- Fast Foodunmatched
- Food Productionunmatched
- Food Safetyunmatched
- GMP (Good Manufacturing Practices)unmatched
- Hand Toolsunmatched
- High School Diplomaunmatched
- Hydraulic Engineeringunmatched
- Identify Issuesunmatched
- Maintain Complianceunmatched
- Maintenance Servicesunmatched
- Manufacturingunmatched
- Manufacturing Equipment Maintenanceunmatched
- Operations Managementunmatched
- Organizational Skillsunmatched
- Preventative Maintenanceunmatched
- Safety Standardsunmatched
- Safety/Work Safetyunmatched
- Team Playerunmatched
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