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Overview

The Master Mechanic position involves performing a variety of mechanical tasks on equipment such as heat exchangers, towers, drums, heaters, and valves. The role requires advanced knowledge and skills in mechanical repairs and installations, with a focus on safety and teamwork.

Responsibilities

  • Disassemble and repair heat exchangers, including bundle pulling and tube rolling.
  • Perform internal repairs and maintenance on towers and drums.
  • Assist in blinding, bolting up, and testing pipe systems.
  • Conduct repairs and replacements on heaters and boilers.
  • Use grinding, hammering, or flame cutting equipment for structural parts.
  • Replace valves as needed.

Requirements

  • Previous experience in mechanical repairs and installations.
  • Ability to plan work activities ahead of work pace.
  • Advanced knowledge of tray removal and installation.
  • Advanced knowledge of heater tube removal and installation.
  • Advanced knowledge of boiler installation including steam and mud drums.
  • Ability to roll, cut, and extract exchanger tubes.
  • Advanced layout skills.
  • Sound rigging skills.
  • NCCER certified Boilermaker preferred, but not required.
  • Knowledge of reading and working with P&ID’s.

Additional Information

  • Must comply with safety and quality control procedures.
  • Willingness to assist other crafts when directed.
  • Work environment requires SCBA and special protective PPE.
  • Extended work hours may be required.
  • Must be physically able to carry up to 50 lbs.
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How this job compares in Bedford Park, IL

Pay in context

At roughly $35/hr, this posting sits about 13% above the $31/hr median for welding jobs across Illinois — toward the top of a $27–$40/hr middle band drawn from 262 postings with published pay. Put another way, it pays more than about 62% of the comparable postings we have wage data for. Pay that far above local median usually comes attached to something: a harder cert requirement, travel, night shift, or overtime that isn't really optional. Worth establishing which before you accept.

The local market in Bedford Park, IL

Bedford Park, IL currently has 7 other active welding openings besides this one, spread across 6 employers. 1 of them was added in the last week. Across Illinois as a whole we're tracking 368 other active welding openings from 212 employers. That's enough local activity to be worth comparing two or three offers before committing. Browse every welding job in Bedford Park, or widen the search to Illinois.

STARCON International, Inc. currently has 1 other opening live in Illinois, which is usually a sign of either steady growth or steady turnover — worth asking which in the interview.

The most active employers in Illinois at the moment, by number of open welding reqs, are Gerber Collision & Glass (18), Staff on Site (13), and Sargent & Lundy (11). Volume like that usually means either a genuine expansion or a staffing agency working several client sites — worth knowing which before you apply.

Within Illinois, the best-paying metros we track by median hourly rate are Downers Grove at $44/hr, Chicago at $38/hr, and Elk Grove Village at $34/hr. If you can relocate or commute, that spread is worth factoring in.

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Pay figures are medians computed from live postings in the Welding Pros index, not from survey data, and they move as employers post. Master Mechanic figures were last recalculated when this page was built.