Job Description

Overview

Meyer Utility Structures, an Arcosa subsidiary, is searching for multiple Sr. Fitter/Welders to join our growing team in our Clinton, IL plant. As a Fitter/Welder, you will be responsible for welding structural steel and other metals to build utility structure products while implementing safety protocols.

Responsibilities

  • Observe all standard safety practices and follow all safety rules
  • Lay out and cut complex subassemblies and/or final product
  • Fit and complete final welds and/or multi-pass welds
  • Position pieces to be welded into jigs, holding fixtures, guides, and steps using measuring instruments and hand tools
  • Maintain and complete all required records
  • Participate in safety committees and/or other initiatives
  • Complete other duties as required including helping to train other employees as needed on new tasks

Requirements

  • Minimum of 3 years of applicable welding experience and/or successful completion of weld training and education
  • Flux or Metal Core welding experience highly preferred
  • Ability to accurately measure within specified tolerances is required
  • Ability to read blueprints, layouts, schematics, or work orders is required
  • Previous experience manufacturing transmission poles or related products is highly desired, but not required
  • A high level of dependability, a great attitude, and an ability to work well with a team towards achieving a common goal

Benefits

  • Health Insurance
  • Dental
  • Vision
  • PTO
  • 401k
  • Life Insurance
  • Short-Term and Long-Term Disability Insurance
  • Tuition Reimbursement
  • Health & Wellness Programs
  • Flexible Spending Accounts
  • Employee Discount Programs
  • Professional Training and Development Programs
  • Career Advancement Opportunities

Additional Information

  • Location: Clinton, IL
  • Pay range $26.00 to $31.50+/hour - Commensurate with Experience

Benefits

Health Insurance
Dental
Vision
PTO
401k
Life Insurance
Short-Term and Long-Term Disability Insurance
Tuition Reimbursement
Health & Wellness Programs
Flexible Spending Accounts
Employee Discount Programs
Professional Training and Development Programs
Career Advancement Opportunities

How this job compares in Clinton, IL

Pay in context

At roughly $29/hr, this posting lands within a few percent of the $31/hr median for welding jobs across Illinois, whose middle half runs $25–$38/hr across 252 postings with published pay. Put another way, it pays more than about 42% 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 Clinton, IL

This is the only active welding job we're currently tracking in Clinton, 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 367 other active welding openings from 265 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 (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. If you can relocate or commute, that spread is worth factoring in.

Similar openings near Clinton, IL

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