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Overview

The Trackman position at Metra involves maintaining, constructing, and dismantling track and roadway facilities while adhering to safety rules and standards. This union position requires physical labor and offers a starting pay rate based on the Collective Bargaining Agreement.

Responsibilities

  • Maintain, construct, and dismantle all track and roadway facilities.
  • Replace and renew defective cross ties, tracks, and switches.
  • Maintain roadways by removing snow and ice from switches and platforms.
  • Remove brushes from Right of Way and mow station grounds.
  • Load and unload track materials from company vehicles.
  • Perform other related duties as assigned.

Requirements

  • High School Diploma or General Educational Development (GED).
  • Able to lift, carry, and move equipment and materials weighing up to 60-70 pounds.
  • Able to withstand all kinds of inclement weather.
  • Flexibility to work at any location with dependable transportation.
  • Must possess and maintain a valid driver’s license.
  • Able to work weekends.

Additional Information

  • This is a Union position.
  • Qualified veterans will receive outreach during the recruitment process.
  • Metra is a railroad employer subject to the Railroad Retirement Tax Act.
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How this job compares in Chicago, IL

Pay in context

At roughly $34/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 43% 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. 45 of them were added in the last week. Across Illinois as a whole we're tracking 367 other active welding openings from 265 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.

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