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Direct Hire Maintenance Lead

Kelly Services • Elgin, IL • 2h ago

Maintenance Lead - 1st & 3rd Shift

Location: Elgin, IL

Pay: $40-48 per hour based on experience

1st Shift: 6:00 AM - 2:00 PM

3rd Shift: 10:00 PM - 6:00 AM

Benefits: Full Benefits Package

Position Summary

KELLY is seeking 1st and 3rd shift Maintenance Leads. This role is responsible for leading daily maintenance operations to ensure safe, reliable, and efficient equipment performance. This role coordinates work orders, supports preventive maintenance programs, and provides hands-on mechanical and electrical troubleshooting to minimize downtime and maximize production efficiency.

Key Responsibilities

Assign, prioritize, and track daily maintenance work orders

Lead and support maintenance technicians during repairs and breakdowns

Troubleshoot and repair production equipment including corrugators, conveyors, pumps, motors, and glue systems

Diagnose and repair mechanical, pneumatic, hydraulic, steam, and vacuum systems

Perform precision alignment, equipment rebuilds, roll changes, and major repairs

Read and interpret blueprints, schematics, and technical drawings

Support basic industrial electrical troubleshooting (motors, sensors, VFDs, PLC controlled equipment)

Coordinate with production leadership, vendors, and contractors

Promote safety, organization, documentation, and continuous improvement

Qualifications

Minimum 5 years of maintenance experience in a manufacturing environment

Strong mechanical and electrical troubleshooting skills

Ability to read and interpret schematics and blueprints

Experience working independently and leading others

Comfortable working overtime, weekends, heights, and confined spaces

High School Diploma or GED

Preferred:

10+ years of industrial maintenance experience

Prior leadership or lead experience

Corrugated or industrial manufacturing background

Experience with PLCs, VFDs, and industrial drives

Proficiency with CMMS and Microsoft Office

Interested? Apply today to join this dynamic team! Schedule a time directly with the recruiter using the following link https://calendly.com/dans465

As part of our promise to talent, Kelly supports those who work with us through a variety of benefits, perks, and work-related resources. Kelly offers eligible employees voluntary benefit plans including medical, dental, vision, telemedicine, term life, whole life, accident insurance, critical illness, a legal plan, and short-term disability. As a Kelly employee, you will have access to a retirement savings plan, service bonus and holiday pay plans (earn up to eight paid holidays per benefit year), and a transit spending account. In addition, employees are entitled to earn paid sick leave under the applicable state or local plan. Click here (https://www.mykelly.com/help-support-working-with-kelly-us/#Benefits) for more information on benefits and perks that may be available to you as a member of the Kelly Talent Community.

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There are a lot of different light industrial jobs out there. Kelly ® Professional & Industrial recruiters are focused on only offering opportunities with companies that provide competitive pay, safe work environments, and cultures that recognize your value. Whether you're looking for flexible shifts, performance bonuses, or a progressive work culture-we're dedicated to finding the very best opportunities for you.

About Kelly

Work changes everything. And at Kelly, we're obsessed with where it can take you. To us, it's about more than simply accepting your next job opportunity. It's the fuel that powers every next step of your life. It's the ripple effect that changes and improves everything for your family, your community, and the world. Which is why, here at Kelly, we are dedicated to providing you with limitless opportunities to enrich your life-just ask the 300,000 people we employ each year.

Kelly is committed to providing equal employment opportunities to all qualified employees and applicants regardless of race, color, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, religion, national origin, disability, veteran status, age, marital status, pregnancy, genetic information, or any other legally protected status, and we take affirmative action to recruit, employ, and advance qualified individuals with disabilities and protected veterans in the workforce. Requests for accommodation related to our application process can be directed to the Kelly Human Resource Knowledge Center. Kelly complies with the requirements of California's state and local Fair Chance laws. A conviction does not automatically bar individuals from employment. Kelly participates in E-Verify and will provide the federal government with your Form I-9 information to confirm that you are authorized to work in the U.S.

Kelly may use AI-powered tools during the recruitment and hiring process. For full details, including how Kelly uses AI, your rights, and how to request a reasonable accommodation, visit the Recruitment Artificial Intelligence Notice (https://www.kellyservices.com/hubfs/myKelly/Resources/Employment_Policies/Recruitment-Artificial-Intelligence-Notice.pdf?hsLang=en) .

Kelly Services is proud to be an Equal Employment Opportunity and Affirmative Action employer. We welcome, value, and embrace diversity at all levels and are committed to building a team that is inclusive of a variety of backgrounds, communities, perspectives, and abilities. At Kelly, we believe that the more inclusive we are, the better services we can provide. Requests for accommodation related to our application process can be directed to Kelly's Human Resource Knowledge Center. Kelly complies with the requirements of California's state and local Fair Chance laws. A conviction does not automatically bar individuals from employment.

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