Maintenance Technician 3rd Shift - Effingham, IL
ADM · Effingham, IL
- Level
- Technician
- Team
- Reliability
- Industry
- Food & beverage
- Posted
- 10 days ago
The role in 30 seconds
A technician-level reliability role at ADM (food & beverage) in Effingham, IL.
- Tools it names
- Welding
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From the plant jobs report · week of November 2, 2026
Maintenance Technician roles in Illinois: typical posted base $92k–$107k.
Median of the low and high ends of 4 live postings that list pay, out of 160 maintenance technician openings in Illinois, read from manufacturers' own careers sites.
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How this role compares
Against 168 other live reliability postings in Illinois.
- Base pay
- Not listed in this posting
- Experience asked
- Not stated
Typical $81k–$107k, from 12 postings that list pay.
Similar roles usually ask 4+ years.
Skills these teams ask for most
- Team leadership 51%
- PLC 40%
- ✓ Welding 33%
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This plant: ADM in Effingham
1 other open role at this site · 2 people we found in reliability roles at ADM.
- Production Supervisor (3rd Shift) - Effingham, IL · Production · Supervisor
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requirements
for this position include a high school diploma or equivalent, prior work experience in maintenance, vocational or technical training in a mechanical field or equivalent industrial work experience, basic knowledge of process equipment, forklift driving, and basic computer skills.
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Maintenance - Effingham, IL
ADM Animal Nutrition
This is an hourly position.
Hours: Monday-Thursday, 8:00PM - 6:30AM, with possible overtime
We have an opening for a Maintenance position at our Effingham, IL production facility.
This position will be responsible for
- •Troubleshooting, diagnosing and repairing plant mechanical equipment and electrical systems
- •Responsible for any assigned preventative maintenance, emergency maintenance, and purchasing of parts and supplies
- •Maintaining a thorough knowledge of production processes, equipment and operations in the interest of diagnosing and repairing equipment malfunctions.
- •Performing preventive maintenance duties on equipment as required and maintains an expert knowledge of equipment, operations and processes throughout the plant.
- •Installing new equipment as required, making electrical connections and aligning equipment for production use as required.
- •Developing knowledge of maintenance files, parts and vendors, and accesses information on the department computer as required.
- •Performing welding duties as required in repairing production equipment.
- •Documenting time spent and parts used on projects by completing time records through use of the RCI system.
- •Conducting regular inspections of production equipment and performs daily preventive maintenance duties on plant equipment.
- •Maintaining maintenance records of work performed and provides such to a designated location.
- •Promotes the ADM Way and Core Values
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The candidate must be
- •Able to climb stairs
- •Able to perform some lifting
- •Able to sit and stand for long periods
- •Able to work in confined spaces
- •Able to work with heights
- •Able to bend, kneel and squat
- •Able to work in a variety of environmental conditions, such as hot and cold temperatures and a dust environment
ADM requires the successful completion of a background check.