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Equipment Installer I

Location

Chicago, IL

Wage

$55,000 – $65,000/yr

Employment Type

Full-time

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Posted on August 22, 2026

Job Description

Overview

An Equipment Installer I is responsible for quality installation of equipment in Data Center/Construction environments as specified in engineering instructions and drawings and in accordance with customer standards. This is a field-based position, requiring regional and occasional national travel.

Responsibilities

  • Install equipment in Data Center/Construction environments
  • On-site analysis of job drawings, specifications and MOPs
  • Ensure quality installations by conforming to all applicable standards
  • Perform all work with safety as the top priority
  • Maintain professional appearance and provide outstanding customer service
  • Use computer for Data Entry/Administrative tasks
  • Ability to pass background, drug, and motor vehicle screening

Requirements

  • High school diploma or equivalent
  • Strong verbal, written and customer-facing skills
  • Basic computer skills to include MS Office or equivalent
  • Basic knowledge and skills with hand tools
  • OSHA10 required, OSHA30 preferred
  • Fall protection preferred
  • Manlift/Forklift certification preferred

Benefits

  • 401k
  • Health Insurance
  • Dental
  • Vision
  • PTO

Additional Information

  • 80% travel required

Benefits

401k
Health Insurance
Dental
Vision
PTO
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How this job compares in Chicago, IL

Pay in context

At roughly $29/hr, this posting comes in about 20% below the $36/hr median for welding jobs in Chicago, IL, where the middle half runs $27–$50/hr across 81 postings with published pay. Put another way, it pays more than about 28% of the comparable postings we have wage data for. That gap is worth raising directly — in a market this size there is normally room to negotiate toward the median, particularly if you already hold the certifications the posting asks for.

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 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.

Similar openings near Chicago, IL

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