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INDUSTRIAL MAINTENANCE TECHNICIAN - 2nd shift & Experience Required

AURORA PACKING CO INC · North Aurora, IL

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Level
Technician
Team
Reliability
Experience asked
2+ years
Industry
Industrial
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A technician-level reliability role at AURORA PACKING CO INC (industrial) in North Aurora, IL. Has a thorough understanding of equipment, functions, and operational procedures.

They ask for
2+ years
Tools it names
Welding

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From the plant jobs report · week of October 19, 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 1616 maintenance technician openings in the US, read from manufacturers' own careers sites.

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How this role compares

Against 77 other live reliability postings in Illinois.

Base pay
Not listed in this posting

Typical $70k–$98k, from 8 postings that list pay.

Experience asked
Less than usual (2+ vs 4+)

Similar roles usually ask 4+ years.

Skills these teams ask for most

  • Team leadership 50%
  • PLC 47%
  • ✓ Welding 33%
  • Automation 21%

✓ = this posting asks for it too. % = share of similar postings that mention it.

It asks for 2+ years. If you're close, apply anyway: requirements are a wish list. Talk to someone doing this work there first.

At a glance

Lifts up to 75 lbs

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Responsibilities

Other duties may be assigned.

  • ◆Troubleshoots, diagnoses, and repairs production equipment using mechanical, pneumatic, electrical, and hydraulics.
  • ◆Has a thorough understanding of equipment, functions, and operational procedures.
  • ◆Performs general facility maintenance to improve or modify the facility.
  • ◆Performs changes and modifications to equipment and the facility.
  • ◆Assist in the installation, assembly, and set-up of production machinery.
  • ◆Repairs facility equipment such as electrical/electronic, or material handling equipment.
  • ◆Initiates preventative maintenance and establishes repair schedules.
  • ◆Complete knowledge of all manufacturing support equipment.
  • ◆Ability to read electrical schematics is a plus but not required.
  • ◆Ability to weld is a definite plus, or willingness to learn a new skill.
  • ◆Self-motivation and willingness to learn new skills is a must.

While performing the duties of this job, the employee is frequently exposed to cold and warm temperatures, fumes or airborne particles, sharp knives, moving mechanical parts, and vibration. The noise level in the work environment and job sites can be loud. The employee is regularly required to talk and hear. This position is active and requires standing, walking, bending, kneeling, stooping, crouching, crawling, and climbing all day. The employee must occasionally lift and/or move items over 75 pounds. Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision, distance vision, color vision, peripheral vision, depth perception, and the ability to adjust focus.

requirements

  • ✓Industrial electrical skills are a plus
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Description

At Aurora Packing Company, we firmly believe that our employees drive the success of the company. With success in mind as the ultimate goal, we strive to create and provide an environment that offers challenging and rewarding opportunities for all our employees. We have been harvesting and delivering high-quality meat domestically and globally for nearly eight decades.

Aurora Packing Company is seeking an experienced Maintenance Technician for our second shift position (3:00 PM – 11:00 PM).

This position is responsible for the general maintenance of production equipment and plant facilities in compliance with safety regulations and company procedures. Must be able to troubleshoot, diagnose and perform moderate to complex repairs on machinery. Must have a thorough knowledge of functions and operations of all processes and associated support equipment.

EOE Statement

Job Type: Full-time

What You Will Bring

Our ideal candidate will have a minimum of 2 years of manufacturing maintenance relevant experience and the following credentials/skills:

  • •High school diploma/GED and completion of a craft apprenticeship or an equivalent number of years of education and production maintenance experience
  • •Steady work history
  • •Must be mechanically inclined with a strong behavior-based safety attitude.
  • •Must be willing and able to work overtime, including weekends, when scheduled.
  • •Must be punctual and reliable.
  • •Must be 18 years of age or older and legally authorized to work in the United States.
  • •Must be willing and able to perform the physical

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