Help Wanted Need some industrial techs

[Ron Vogel]

Well, here I am again looking for techs!

We had 2 guys leave on 2nd shift, and we have a lead tech retiring at the end of the year.

Details:
Looking for both an apprentice or experienced techs. Starting pay $28-33 hour depending on experience.

8 hour days M-F, we generally also work Saturday, but rarely Sunday.

NEVER a cut down on OT. If you want to work the hours it’s never frowned upon. Our top techs are making $120-140k a year if they put in the hours.

We have a pretty straightforward training/advancement program. Mostly online training. We also have over 900 plants across the US. Makes it pretty easy to move around if you need a change of scenery.

Our annual sales are $22B a year, so pretty stable company with decent benefits.

About the job:
It’s pretty unstructured, company has a CMS system, but not well utilized. More reactive type work. This is a box plant. We have a corrugator (makes cardboard), and several converting machines. Most of the equipment is big and heavy, so we have to use some rigging replacing rollers and such. Not much building/grinds maintenance other than the boiler system. PLC experience would be nice, but not needed.

our shop has a lathe, vertical mill, and welding area. So we have fabricating opportunities, but only one guy now I trust to do it. Fabrication experience would be a huge plus. Plant is behind on updating safety guarding. We have been relying heavily on outside service for this.

many other questions let me know

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[FESTER665]

Location?

Can you name drop the company? Curious who they are and see their locations.

You left the Amazon place right?

 

[Turbocharged400sbc]

Multiple Chicagoland locations?

 

[Ron Vogel]

Location?

Can you name drop the company? Curious who they are and see their locations.

You left the Amazon place right?

Yes, I got a better deal here. This place needs organized, Amazon was already over organized. Both the maintenance manager and I just started. So we are able to set it up how we see fit. Production was running maintenance for months and cut some corners. We have a healthy budget, so we are getting everything fixed right going forward

company is Westrock
Location is Aurora, we are about a block off I88, on Eola road

 

[Ron Vogel]

Multiple Chicagoland locations?

Yes, but I need people out in Aurora. BTW, lots of car guys here. There’s maybe only a handful of shitty cars in the lot. Our 3rd shift guys all ride their Harleys to work every day in the summer. There are actually 2 locations in Aurora, the other one is the mill closer to downtown.

 

[Ron Vogel]

We may be upping the base pay $2 an hour. Also easy to negotiate vacation time

 

[taws697]

Is this a 2nd shift position?

 

[Ron Vogel]

We will probably have two 2nd shift position, possibly a 2nd apprentice level position also. We want to expand a bit

 

[boostedguy05]

Shift hours?

 

[Ron Vogel]

3pm to 11pm

 

[Great White Drake]

I live 10 mins away by copley. I have to ask because I’m interested, but it seems like you’re looking for people often. Is there a high turnover rate? I’m ready to change career directions and this pay isn’t bad.

 

[Ron Vogel]

I live 10 mins away by copley. I have to ask because I’m interested, but it seems like you’re looking for people often. Is there a high turnover rate? I’m ready to change career directions and this pay isn’t bad.

Usually you’ll see most techs will stick around for 3-5 years. They get the experience and move on to higher paying jobs after they get training. The industry as a whole has an aging workforce too. We are losing one our techs to retirement at the end of the year. At this company anyway, we have a core crew that’s pretty solid. Most of the guys are 6+ years in

I probably see you all the time, I live off Ogden across from the high school. Probably have seen my green wagon

 

[Ron Vogel]

We just got our revised rates. The level you are at is based of experience and testing

 

[Turbocharged400sbc]

You said you're also looking for someone that knows heavy rigging are we talkin 60,000 lb type stuff or only 10,000lb?

Juuuuust curious

 

[FESTER665]

Fuck, I need to figure out what the hell to do here.....

 

[Ron Vogel]

If anyone wants to stop in and just take a peek, I can give you a lay of the land. I’m going to be with some contractors throughout the weekend for a special project, so next week would be best

 

[Fish]

Is their an age for apprentice? I am thinking about career change and would love a job that is do my 8 with some overtime while not really losing any money.

 

[Ron Vogel]

Is their an age for apprentice? I am thinking about career change and would love a job that is do my 8 with some overtime while not really losing any money.

Not really. The maximum coming in at an apprentice is $27 and some change

now, here’s the rundown. Program is 4160hrs or 2 years; whatever comes first.
You’re given 2 levels of online training that you can do at work. After the first level is completed you go to apprentice level 2, and pay jumps to $31 and some change. It’s best if you can prove aptitude by previous employment and we will also have a Ramsay test. If you’re already a tech in the industry and test for it, our tech pay on the first level is $34

 

[Ron Vogel]

If any established techs with industrial experience our start rate is $34, and that’s the minimum. If you have electrical/plc we pay up to $41. Still in need right now