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Overview

As a member of the structural design team at Sargent & Lundy, this position offers the opportunity to work with multi-disciplined engineering and design project teams in developing structural physical layout drawings in a 3-D model, focusing on the design of structural supports and foundations while solving a variety of structural design issues.

Responsibilities

  • Develop structural physical layout drawings in a 3-D model.
  • Design structural supports and foundations.
  • Investigate, troubleshoot, and solve a wide variety of structural design issues.
  • Utilize 3D modeling software tools to generate structural design schematics.
  • Participate in the coordination of detailed design phases for an integrated structural design model.
  • Provide support to other designers and project team members for timely design completion.
  • Plan and execute structural design deliverables independently and as part of a team.
  • Assist senior designers and engineers in field walkdowns and data gathering at client facilities.
  • Provide guidance and mentorship to less experienced drafters and designers.

Requirements

  • An Associate's Degree in drafting, or a high school diploma and 1 or more years of drafting coursework or equivalent technical experience.
  • Four or more years of detailed design experience in structural steel and reinforced concrete design drawings.
  • Proficiency with design software tools for executing 3D plant layout models.
  • Experience in reviewing structural layout drawings involving steel frames, connections, concrete members, equipment and piping supports, foundations, and rebar detailing.
  • Ability to interface with engineering and design teams of other disciplines in the power plant design process.

Benefits

  • Health Insurance
  • Dental
  • Vision
  • PTO
  • 401k
  • Life & Accident Insurance
  • Disability Coverage
  • Employee Assistance Program (EAP)
  • Back-Up Daycare
  • FSA & HSA
  • Merit Scholarship Program
  • Employee Discount Program
  • Corporate Charitable Giving Program
  • Tuition Assistance
  • First Professional Licensure Bonus
  • Employee Referral Bonus
  • Paid Annual Personal/Sick Time (PST)
  • Paid Vacation
  • Paid Holidays
  • Paid Parental Leave
  • Paid Bereavement Leave
  • Flexible Work Arrangements

Benefits

Health Insurance
Dental
Vision
PTO
401k
Life & Accident Insurance
Disability Coverage
Employee Assistance Program (EAP)
Back-Up Daycare
FSA & HSA
Merit Scholarship Program
Employee Discount Program
Corporate Charitable Giving Program
Tuition Assistance
First Professional Licensure Bonus
Employee Referral Bonus
Paid Annual Personal/Sick Time (PST)
Paid Vacation
Paid Holidays
Paid Parental Leave
Paid Bereavement Leave
Flexible Work Arrangements
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How this job compares in Chicago, IL

Pay in context

At roughly $42/hr, this posting sits about 15% above the $36/hr median for welding jobs in Chicago, IL — toward the top of a $27–$45/hr middle band drawn from 88 postings with published pay. Put another way, it pays more than about 69% 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 Chicago, IL

We're tracking 107 other active welding openings in Chicago, IL right now, from 59 different employers. 43 of them were added in the last week. Across Illinois as a whole we're tracking 367 other active welding openings from 228 employers. A metro this active generally means you have real leverage — employers here are competing for the same welders. Browse every welding job in Chicago, or widen the search to Illinois.

Sargent & Lundy currently has 4 other openings 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 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. Chicago is among them.

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