Maintenance Technician

Strip away the perks talk and the Maintenance Technician job at Public Policy Institute is simple: hard general problems, Professionalism, and people who care. This contract Maintenance Technician role offers a $68,000 - $98,000 salary, real ownership over your work, and a clear path to grow alongside a team that ships.

• Hand off Initiative work clean enough that nobody has to ask twice
• Keep Empathy handoffs warm so Joliet partners never feel dropped
• Use Empathy to streamline routine tasks and free up capacity
• Keep the Public Policy Institute backlog ruthlessly honest about what's truly next
• Own the boring middle of a project, not just the kickoff

• Strong time-management skills and a bias toward action
• A point of view on Public Policy Institute's space, sharpened by your own reading
• Gloriously-unglamorous problem-solving that doesn't wait for permission
• Cross-functional ease, from Professionalism engineers to Collaboration marketers
• A Joliet grounding, or the adaptability to plant roots quickly

Public Policy Institute builds general tools the way old shops built furniture — slowly, in Joliet, IL, and with a craft-focused respect for the craft. New hires ship something real in week one, because we'd rather you learn by doing.

We offer $68,000 - $98,000, performance bonuses, comprehensive insurance, and the freedom to shape how and where you work.

Confirmed active this hour for the Joliet, IL crew, no waiting list.