Maintenance Mechanic**
**Job Description**
We are seeking a diligent and safety-conscious Maintenance Mechanic to join our team. This role involves ensuring the safe operation and maintenance of production equipment and plant facilities. You will perform immediate repairs, implement preventative maintenance schedules, and maintain cleanliness in your work area.
**Responsibilities**
+ Inspect production equipment and plant facilities to ensure a safe working environment.
+ Perform maintenance mechanic duties safely.
+ Execute immediate repairs on production equipment as required.
+ Implement and execute preventative maintenance schedules.
+ Troubleshoot and repair breakdowns, perform preventative and predictive maintenance.
+ Complete work orders, track time accurately, and report parts consumption.
+ Maintain general cleanliness and tidiness of work areas.
**Essential Skills**
+ 1-2 years of consistent job tenure experience in troubleshooting and mechanical roles.
+ Experience in mechanical work, which can be from an auto shop or vocational school.
+ Ability to troubleshoot and decipher machine or engine problems.
+ Knowledge of 24vdc-480v electrical schematics.
+ Basic troubleshooting, maintenance, and repair skills.
+ Experience with welding, blueprint reading, hand tools, electrical systems, diesel, forklift, and heavy equipment.
**Additional Skills & Qualifications**
+ Welding and fabrication skills.
+ Forklift operation experience.
+ Self-starter and team player.
+ Technical or other relevant training.
**Why Work Here?**
Join a company that values its employees with a generous sign-on bonus and comprehensive health benefits starting at the first of the month following your start date. Enjoy 401k matching, life insurance, and wellness reimbursements. We support a balanced lifestyle with paid holidays, vacation, and sick time, as well as company-wide closures between Christmas and New Years. Additionally, we offer charitable contribution matching and a supportive team environment.
**Work Environment**
Our plant is well-lit and, despite the product, not overly odorous. However, expect some cement smell due to production processes. Be prepared for a dusty environment when machines are down. It's a loud setting, requiring PPE at all times, including hard hats, glasses, and steel-toed boots. The culture is blue-collar, with a clear leadership hierarchy. Communication is direct and objective, often loud due to the environment. Candidates must be open to instruction from different departments.
**Job Type & Location**
This is a Contract to Hire position based out of Belvidere, Illinois.
**Pay and Benefits**
The pay range for this position is $20.00 - $27.00/hr.
Eligibility requirements apply to some benefits and may depend on your job
classification and length of employment. Benefits are subject to change and may be
subject to specific elections, plan, or program terms. If eligible, the benefits
available for this temporary role may include the following:
Medical, dental & vision
Critical Illness, Accident, and Hospital
401(k) Retirement Plan Pre-tax and Roth post-tax contributions available
Life Insurance (Voluntary Life & AD&D for the employee and dependents)
Short and long-term disability
Health Spending Account (HSA)
Transportation benefits
Employee Assistance Program
Time Off/Leave (PTO, Vacation or Sick Leave)
**Workplace Type**
This is a fully onsite position in Belvidere,IL.
**Application Deadline**
This position is anticipated to close on Aug 8, 2025.
**About Aerotek:**
We know that finding work is hard, and finding meaningful work is harder. Aerotek connects 180,000+ light industrial and skilled trades workers with 14,000+ employers each year, helping our workers navigate an evolving labor market and find jobs that meets their goals, skills and interests. Since 1983, we have provided a variety of career opportunities across North American industry from short-term assignments at Fortune 500 companies where you can build your skills, to long-term opportunities where you can play a vital role solving for companies construction, manufacturing and maintenance challenges. Our 1,500+ experienced recruiters across 250+ offices work relentlessly to put our workforce in a position to thrive. Let us rise to meet your challenges and put our people-are everything spirit to the test as your career continues to grow.
Aerotek offers weekly pay, employee benefits including medical, dental & vision, life insurance, health advocacy and employee assistance programs, a 401(k) plan, and employee discounts.
The company is an equal opportunity employer and will consider all applications without regards to race, sex, age, color, religion, national origin, veteran status, disability, sexual orientation, gender identity, genetic information or any characteristic protected by law.
**Job Description**
We are seeking a diligent and safety-conscious Maintenance Mechanic to join our team. This role involves ensuring the safe operation and maintenance of production equipment and plant facilities. You will perform immediate repairs, implement preventative maintenance schedules, and maintain cleanliness in your work area.
**Responsibilities**
+ Inspect production equipment and plant facilities to ensure a safe working environment.
+ Perform maintenance mechanic duties safely.
+ Execute immediate repairs on production equipment as required.
+ Implement and execute preventative maintenance schedules.
+ Troubleshoot and repair breakdowns, perform preventative and predictive maintenance.
+ Complete work orders, track time accurately, and report parts consumption.
+ Maintain general cleanliness and tidiness of work areas.
**Essential Skills**
+ 1-2 years of consistent job tenure experience in troubleshooting and mechanical roles.
+ Experience in mechanical work, which can be from an auto shop or vocational school.
+ Ability to troubleshoot and decipher machine or engine problems.
+ Knowledge of 24vdc-480v electrical schematics.
+ Basic troubleshooting, maintenance, and repair skills.
+ Experience with welding, blueprint reading, hand tools, electrical systems, diesel, forklift, and heavy equipment.
**Additional Skills & Qualifications**
+ Welding and fabrication skills.
+ Forklift operation experience.
+ Self-starter and team player.
+ Technical or other relevant training.
**Why Work Here?**
Join a company that values its employees with a generous sign-on bonus and comprehensive health benefits starting at the first of the month following your start date. Enjoy 401k matching, life insurance, and wellness reimbursements. We support a balanced lifestyle with paid holidays, vacation, and sick time, as well as company-wide closures between Christmas and New Years. Additionally, we offer charitable contribution matching and a supportive team environment.
**Work Environment**
Our plant is well-lit and, despite the product, not overly odorous. However, expect some cement smell due to production processes. Be prepared for a dusty environment when machines are down. It's a loud setting, requiring PPE at all times, including hard hats, glasses, and steel-toed boots. The culture is blue-collar, with a clear leadership hierarchy. Communication is direct and objective, often loud due to the environment. Candidates must be open to instruction from different departments.
**Job Type & Location**
This is a Contract to Hire position based out of Belvidere, Illinois.
**Pay and Benefits**
The pay range for this position is $20.00 - $27.00/hr.
Eligibility requirements apply to some benefits and may depend on your job
classification and length of employment. Benefits are subject to change and may be
subject to specific elections, plan, or program terms. If eligible, the benefits
available for this temporary role may include the following:
Medical, dental & vision
Critical Illness, Accident, and Hospital
401(k) Retirement Plan Pre-tax and Roth post-tax contributions available
Life Insurance (Voluntary Life & AD&D for the employee and dependents)
Short and long-term disability
Health Spending Account (HSA)
Transportation benefits
Employee Assistance Program
Time Off/Leave (PTO, Vacation or Sick Leave)
**Workplace Type**
This is a fully onsite position in Belvidere,IL.
**Application Deadline**
This position is anticipated to close on Aug 8, 2025.
**About Aerotek:**
We know that finding work is hard, and finding meaningful work is harder. Aerotek connects 180,000+ light industrial and skilled trades workers with 14,000+ employers each year, helping our workers navigate an evolving labor market and find jobs that meets their goals, skills and interests. Since 1983, we have provided a variety of career opportunities across North American industry from short-term assignments at Fortune 500 companies where you can build your skills, to long-term opportunities where you can play a vital role solving for companies construction, manufacturing and maintenance challenges. Our 1,500+ experienced recruiters across 250+ offices work relentlessly to put our workforce in a position to thrive. Let us rise to meet your challenges and put our people-are everything spirit to the test as your career continues to grow.
Aerotek offers weekly pay, employee benefits including medical, dental & vision, life insurance, health advocacy and employee assistance programs, a 401(k) plan, and employee discounts.
The company is an equal opportunity employer and will consider all applications without regards to race, sex, age, color, religion, national origin, veteran status, disability, sexual orientation, gender identity, genetic information or any characteristic protected by law.
Job ID: 486948376
Originally Posted on: 7/26/2025
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