Maintenance Tech I - 3rd Shift
Medline · Waukegan, IL
- Level
- Technician
- Team
- Reliability
- Travel
- 10%
- Degree
- Required (or equivalent experience)
- Experience asked
- 3+ years
- Industry
- Medical devices
- Posted
- 2 days ago
The role in 30 seconds
An engineer-level reliability role at Medline (medical devices) in Waukegan, IL. 3 year of experience with conveyor, automation, or robotics equipment repair and maintenance.
- They ask for
- 3+ years · degree required (or equivalent experience)
- Tools it names
- Root cause, PLC, Robotics, Automation
- Day to day
- about 10% travel
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How this role compares
Against 78 other live reliability postings in Illinois.
- Base pay
- Not listed in this posting
- Experience asked
- Less than usual (3+ vs 4+)
Typical $70k–$96k, from 9 postings that list pay.
Similar roles usually ask 4+ years.
Skills these teams ask for most
- Team leadership 49%
- ✓ PLC 47%
- Welding 33%
- ✓ Automation 22%
✓ = this posting asks for it too. % = share of similar postings that mention it.
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This plant: Medline in Waukegan
1 other open role at this site · 2 people we found on the reliability team.
- Maintenance Tech I - 2nd Shift · Reliability · Technician
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Job Summary
At Medline, we make healthcare run better. Every day, healthcare providers rely on Medline products to care for patients, and our team is committed to getting them exactly what they need, at the right time, every time. Fueled by a relentless customer focus, a drive to succeed, strong relationships, and the agility to adapt in a dynamic environment, we work together to solve the challenges that matter most.
As a Maintenance Technician, you'll play a critical role in keeping our operations running safely and efficiently by performing preventive maintenance, inspections, troubleshooting, and repairs on conveyors, automation, robotics, and other production equipment. Our ReadyCare Waukegan team is seeking gritty problem solvers who take ownership of equipment performance, collaborate with teammates to resolve issues, support continuous improvement efforts, and demonstrate the flexibility, accountability, and determination needed to succeed in a fast-paced manufacturing environment.
Job Description
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3rd Shift Schedule: 10:00pm - 6:30am, Monday-Friday
Responsibilities
- ◆Perform preventive maintenance and routine inspections on assigned conveyors, automation, robotics and ancillary equipment as needed.
- ◆Perform routine troubleshooting of assigned out of service equipment and correct issues, act as an escalation point for lower level technicians, and escalate to leadership and/or more senior technicians as needed.
- ◆Document all work in the computerized maintenance management system (CMMS) and ticketing systems as
appropriate and maintain accurate records of all operating logs for fire pumps, generators, HVAC equipment, and other facility systems that are tested on a routine basis.
- ◆Perform root cause analysis of major downtime events.
- ◆Assist maintenance mechanics in work that requires two people or when operational needs demand.
- ◆Perform facility/building project work as assigned. Tasks include, but are not limited to, light bulb/ballast replacement, door repairs, furniture installation, ceiling tile replacement, carpentry duties, plumbing repairs and maintaining operation logs.
- ◆Assemble and test equipment to verify correct operation and production. Analyze and record cause of production delays on daily production reports and initiate procedures to solve equipment malfunctions. Examine defects and analyze spoilage causes and, where possible, take corrective action and verify the corrective action has eliminated the problems.
Education
- ✓High school diploma or equivalent
Work Experience
- ✓3 year of experience with conveyor, automation, or robotics equipment repair and maintenance
Education
- ✓Associates Degree in Mechatronics, Electrical Engineering Technology, Mechanical Engineering Technology, HVAC, or equivalent.
Work Experience
- ✓None
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Certification / Licensure
- •None
Knowledge / Skills / Abilities
- •Fundamental understanding of machinery/equipment
- •Basic skill level in multiple computer software packages including Microsoft Excel
- •Experience working with inputs, outputs, and PLC logic systems and ability to troubleshoot these systems
- •Willing to travel at least/up to 10% of the time for business purposes (within state and out of state).
- •Physical Abilities:
- •Frequently move, lift, carry supplies/equipment up to 50 lbs and may have to occasionally lift up to 75 lbs
- •Must be able to stand for minimum of 8 hours and up to 12 hours for up to 6 days a week.
- •Must be willing to learn new equipment as it is brought on-line.
- •Ability to continuously ascend and descend from ladders and stairs, work at heights and/or from a ladder, work from a lying down position, work with your hands above your head.
- •Willing to operate material handling equipment (i.e. fork truck).
- •Write documents and reports using writing instruments and computers
- •Read information, often in small print (drawings)
- •Follow appropriate safety procedures such as Lock Out/Tag Out, Arc Flash, etc. and use Personal Protective Equipment (PPE) while maintaining equipment, and ensure a safe work environment by eliminating potential equipment safety hazards
- •Must be willing to work overtime as needed.
Certification / Licensure
- •None
Knowledge / Skills / Abilities
- •At least 3 years of experience in a building maintenance position servicing a facility larger than 75,000 square feet.
- •Physical activities necessary to perform one or more essential functions of the position.
- •Ability to bend, twist, reach, push, lift for extended periods daily
Medline Industries, LP, and its subsidiaries, offer a competitive total rewards package, continuing education & training, and tremendous potential with a growing worldwide organization.