Looking for a Vehicle Mechanic in Aurora, IL

I’m with ATMI Precast in Aurora, IL. We have a great team that keeps our equipment running every day, including gantry cranes, forklifts, spotter trucks, end loaders, and compressors. We’re looking to add multiple Vehicle Mechanics who know their way around hydraulic, pneumatic, and DC electrical systems. Welding skills are a plus. This is a full-time role with steady work and a solid crew. If you’re local or know someone near the Chicago or Aurora area who has this kind of experience, please send me a private message or reply here. Thanks, Eugene [email protected]

Sounds like a pretty good gig. What if the judge took a driver license away and the applicant is unable to pass an UA. Is that going to be an issue? Are recent felonies OK? Asking for a friend. I’m helping him get his life back together.

You lost me at "vehicles"

Welcome to the HEF, Eugene. Good luck recruiting. I suspect you are probably another desperate HR person. Maybe with some SHRM creds, trying to fill positions and meet a quota that will never be achieved. Last week you were terminating US citizens at a IT firm and replacing them with H-1B’s from India. This week, trying to hire some greasy mechanics. But, if I’m wrong. Let me know. Let’s talk shop. What’s your favorite engine oil flavor?

I can only fix something with a obvious problem. Like if a wheel falls off.

Does it pay extra for welding skills, all these skills rolled into one should pay around $150 an hour.

Coaldust said: Sounds like a pretty good gig. What if the judge took a driver license away and the applicant is unable to pass an UA. Is that going to be an issue? Are recent felonies OK? Asking for a friend. I’m helping him get his life back together. Click to expand... Unfortunately we'd need someone to pass the UA. Good Luck with your friend.

That makes me sad. They tell me, Coaldust, stop huffing gasoline. Stop living for the buzz. Coaldust should get a safer job, but Coaldust never does.

Coaldust - do him a favor-don’t send him to Illinois.

My parole officer would get excited if I left the state.

Is she kind to you otherwise?

I know, I'm being used. That's okay man, 'cause I like the abuse. Now, I know she's playing with me. That's okay 'cause I've got no self-esteem.

In all seriousness. I welcome an intelligent discussion about recruiting. We get HR people posting on a regular basis, trying to recruit us grease balls. Often, we provide very good advice. I took a break, when I was at the dealership, to become a SHRM nerd and recruit Technicians for a couple years. During the 2004/2006 Idaho construction boom. Before it crashed. I’m intimately familiar with recruiting large numbers of Techs and I became very good at it. With that said, the HR people never stick around. They get frustrated with recruiting and switch to payroll, or something. Become a generalist or a prison guard. IDK man.

I don’t want to sound conceited, but anyone of us can get a job, anyplace we want, in 2025. A clean DL, clean UA, no felonies…… Shops in my AO don’t test for weed anymore and a few felonies are OK. Facial tats, too.

This is what a recruiter is up against. When a company offers. $35 an hour and two weeks vaca,…..

Coaldust said: This is what a recruiter is up against. When a company offers. $35 an hour and two weeks vaca,….. View attachment 349520 Click to expand... I agree in the sense that it depends on the conditions of the job and the scarcity of talent.

Climate--there is that little issue, most don't want to live in extreme conditions. They want a boat, wake board, bikinis strutting around, bbq with brew in hand. Dressed in weather proof carharts just doesn't sound all that attractive to many.

My point was, some of these companies with contracts to fulfill, with late penalties, are throwing crazy money around in an attempt to poach mechanics. Yes, include less than ideal geographies and it becomes very challenging. I’m not sure how well it’s working. The local Caterpillar dealer recently did a recruitment blitz, so did a couple trucking companies with Fed contracts. Great opportunity for a young, sharp Tech to get ahead financially. It appears to be the only way to recruit, today. We saw this coming and made a lackluster attempt to prevent it. It won’t be fixed in my lifetime. It will require a generational approach, at this point. I think Caterpillar had the right idea with ThinkBig. I have no idea how successful it is today. I’m too far behind in that world. Never a better time to have a few skills and a decent work ethic. I could probably get those facial tats I’ve always wanted and still get a job.

I need to wake up tomorrow morning 40 years younger

Vetech63 said: I need to wake up tomorrow morning 40 years younger Click to expand... My thoughts, too. 10 years would be fine