Technician Hot Tapping Services - Apprentice
Location
Lombard, IL
Employment Type
Full-time
Posted on September 8, 2026
Location
Lombard, IL
Employment Type
Full-time
Posted on September 8, 2026
TEAM, Inc. is a global leader in Hot Tap Services, providing specialized services to various industrial sectors. They are looking for an entry-level technician apprentice with mechanical aptitude and a strong safety mindset to assist in Hot Tap and Line Stop operations.
This employer didn't publish a rate. For reference, welding jobs across Illinois currently run a median of $30/hr in our index, with the middle half of them falling between $25–$38/hr across 277 postings with published pay. That median is a reasonable floor to anchor on when a recruiter asks what you're looking for.
This is the only active welding job we're currently tracking in Lombard, IL, which makes it worth moving on quickly — there is no local competing offer to weigh it against. Across Illinois as a whole we're tracking 373 other active welding openings from 232 employers. Browse welding jobs across Illinois.
The most active employers in Illinois at the moment, by number of open welding reqs, are S&C Electric Company (18), Gerber Collision & Glass (14), and Staff on Site (13). 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 $46/hr, Chicago at $36/hr, and Addison at $32/hr. If you can relocate or commute, that spread is worth factoring in.
Pay figures are medians computed from live postings in the Welding Pros index, not from survey data, and they move as employers post. Technician Hot Tapping Services - Apprentice figures were last recalculated when this page was built.