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Job Description

Overview

The City of Chicago is seeking Bricklayers to join the Department of Water Management. This position involves laying bricks, concrete blocks, and tiles for various construction and repair projects under supervision.

Responsibilities

  • Review blueprints, work orders, and written instructions to plan work and assess repairs.
  • Use bricks, tile, and concrete blocks to build or repair masonry structures.
  • Build and restore catch basins, gutter boxes, manholes, and other appurtenances.
  • Spread mortar to serve as a base for laying bricks.
  • Apply mortar to brick and position bricks in the mortar base.
  • Lay brick, rebuild manholes and basins, and connect drain pipes to sewer lines.
  • Repair and replace outlets and inlet pipes for water drainage.
  • Level, align, and embed brick using various tools.
  • Build templates and mark guidelines for brick positioning.
  • Cut brick to size as needed.
  • Direct crew members in excavation to locate broken sewer masonry.
  • Instruct laborers in loading and unloading trucks and mixing mortar.
  • Maintain project time and material records and prepare reports.
  • Ensure safety regulations and procedures are followed at work sites.

Requirements

  • Successful completion of a US Department of Labor registered bricklayer apprenticeship training program and journeyman status.
  • Successful completion of an industry or company sponsored apprenticeship training program as a Bricklayer plus two years of journey level experience.
  • Five years of experience as a Bricklayer if apprenticeship criteria are not fulfilled.
  • Ability to lift up to 50 pounds and stand for extended periods.
  • Ability to bend, stretch, twist, or reach with body and limbs.
  • Ability to climb staircases and access difficult spaces.
  • Ability to operate hand tools, power tools, and equipment.
  • Ability to tolerate heights while working.

Additional Information

  • Location: Varies
  • Days: Varies
  • Hours: Varies
  • This position is in the career service.
  • Applications accepted until 11:59pm CDT on September 10, 2026.
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How this job compares in Chicago, IL

Pay in context

At roughly $55/hr, this posting sits about 52% above the $36/hr median for welding jobs in Chicago, IL — toward the top of a $27–$50/hr middle band drawn from 81 postings with published pay. Put another way, it pays more than about 84% 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 111 other active welding openings in Chicago, IL right now, from 77 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.

City of Chicago 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 (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.

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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. BRICKLAYER figures were last recalculated when this page was built.