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Job Description

Overview

The Container Welder/Fabricator at Republic Services repairs, paints, and maintains containers and roll-off boxes. This role requires expertise in welding and fabrication, contributing to the company's commitment to environmental services.

Responsibilities

  • Performs repairs and maintenance on front, rear and roll-off containers.
  • Welds steel and aluminum components using MIG and ARC welding equipment.
  • Fabrics steel components using a brake and shear.
  • Cuts steel using a plasma cutter or torch.
  • Fabrics steel components for hoppers, containers and compactors.
  • Installs lids and wheels on containers.
  • Paints repaired containers.
  • Follows all safety policies and procedures.
  • Completes required paperwork.
  • Installs company and safety decals in accordance with company standard diagram on containers and roll-off boxes.
  • Performs other job-related duties as assigned.
  • Refers more complex repairs to the Supervisor.

Requirements

  • Certified welder.
  • Advanced knowledge of MIG and stick welders, plasma cutter, and airless paint sprayers.
  • Familiar with basic use of hand tools.
  • Excellent written and verbal communication skills.
  • Ability to follow directions with minimal supervisory involvement.
  • Minimum of 1 year welding experience OR completion of a welding program.

Benefits

  • Health Insurance
  • Dental
  • Vision
  • Short- and long-term disability
  • Life Insurance
  • Accidental death & dismemberment insurance
  • Employee and Family Assistance Program (EAP)
  • Employee discount programs
  • 401k
  • Employee Stock Purchase Plan (ESPP)
  • PTO

Additional Information

  • Shift: 6am start/ rotating weekends and holidays.

Benefits

Health Insurance
Dental
Vision
Short- and long-term disability
Life Insurance
Accidental death & dismemberment insurance
Employee and Family Assistance Program (EAP)
Employee discount programs
401k
Employee Stock Purchase Plan (ESPP)
PTO
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How this job compares in Chicago, IL

Pay in context

At roughly $38/hr, this posting lands within a few percent of the $36/hr median for welding jobs in Chicago, IL, whose middle half runs $27–$50/hr across 81 postings with published pay. Put another way, it pays more than about 58% of the comparable postings we have wage data for. In other words it is a market-rate offer, so benefits, overtime, and shift schedule are where the real difference between this and the next posting on the list shows up.

The local market in Chicago, IL

We're tracking 111 other active welding openings in Chicago, IL right now, from 76 different employers. 44 of them were added in the last week. Across Illinois as a whole we're tracking 367 other active welding openings from 266 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.

Republic Services 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 S&C Electric Company (18), Gerber Collision & Glass (8), and Aerotek (7). 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 Chicago at $36/hr, Itasca at $36/hr, and Melrose Park at $34/hr. Chicago is among them.

What you'll be running

This posting calls for MIG and Stick work. MIG (GMAW) feeds a continuous wire electrode through a shielding-gas nozzle. It lays down metal fast and is forgiving on clean material, which is why it dominates production and light fabrication work. Stick (SMAW) burns a flux-coated consumable rod and needs no shielding gas, so it works in wind, rain, and on dirty or rusted steel. That tolerance for bad conditions keeps it the default for field, structural, and repair work.

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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. Container Shop Welder figures were last recalculated when this page was built.