Facilities Technician
Flex · Illinois
- Level
- Technician
- Team
- Reliability
- Degree
- Required
- Experience asked
- 3+ years
- Industry
- Industrial
- Posted
- Yesterday
The role in 30 seconds
A technician-level reliability role at Flex (industrial) in Illinois.
- They ask for
- 3+ years · degree required
- Tools it names
- Tooling, AutoCAD
- Openings
- 3 with this title at this site
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From the plant jobs report · week of October 26, 2026
Maintenance Technician roles in the US: typical posted base $58k–$84k.
Median of the low and high ends of 37 live postings that list pay, out of 1866 maintenance technician openings in the US, read from manufacturers' own careers sites.
Illinois plant jobs report →Pay by team and state →What moves pay →
How this role compares
Against 94 other live reliability postings in Illinois.
- Base pay
- Not listed in this posting
- Experience asked
- Less than usual (3+ vs 5+)
Typical $70k–$98k, from 9 postings that list pay.
Similar roles usually ask 5+ years.
Skills these teams ask for most
- Team leadership 52%
- PLC 45%
- Welding 32%
- Root cause 21%
- Automation 21%
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Stands out: this posting asks for Tooling, AutoCAD, which few similar roles mention. If you have it, lead with it.
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Job Summary
To support our extraordinary teams who build great products and contribute to our growth, we’re looking to add a Facilities Technician located in Libertyville, IL.
Shift Schedule: 0600a-0230p M-F
The experience we’re looking to add to our team
- ✓Developed computer skills
- ✓Minimum 3 years of experience in facility maintenance
- ✓Ability to work independently
- ✓Knowledge of the following tools may be required: Electronic Assembly: blueprints, schematics; trouble shooting; Mechanical & Electrical Tools: power air guns, taps & dies, alignment tools, measuring tools, AutoCAD
- ✓High school degree or higher
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Flex is the diversified manufacturing partner of choice that helps market-leading brands design, build and deliver innovative products that improve the world.
A career at Flex offers the opportunity to make a difference and invest in your growth in a respectful, inclusive, and collaborative environment. If you are excited about a role but don't meet every bullet point, we encourage you to apply and join us to create the extraordinary.
What a typical day looks like
- •Responds to service calls and in-house repairs throughout the facility.
- •Troubleshoots, responds to work orders, repairs systems and equipment.
- •Installs office fixtures and performs work in various maintenance trades including mechanical, electrical and plumbing.
- •Routine assignments include moving furniture, materials and equipment.
- •Conducts scheduled preventative maintenance and breaks down equipment for clean up.
- •Converses with equipment operators to ascertain problems with equipment before breakdown, and to determine if breakdown is due to human error or mechanical problems.
- •Tests faulty equipment and applies knowledge of functional operation of electronic units and systems to diagnose cause of malfunction.
- •Tests electronic components and circuits to locate defects.
- •Replaces defective components and wiring and adjusts mechanical parts.
- •Aligns, adjusts and calibrates equipment according to specifications.
- •Calibrates testing instruments.
- •May maintain records of repairs, calibrations and tests.
- •Enters information into computer to copy program from one electronic component to another, or to draw, modify or to store schematics.
- •Oversees emergency system backup.
- •Ensures plumbing, sewer, water, electrical and mechanical systems are functional.
What you'll receive for the great work you provide
- •Full range of medical, dental, and vision plans
- •Life Insurance
- •Short-term and Long-term Disability
- •Matching 401(k) Contributions
- •Vacation and Paid Sick Time
- •Tuition Reimbursement
