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Overview

ServiceMaster DSI is a full-service Nationwide General Contractor and the industry leader in disaster restoration, seeking full-time skilled Tradesmen with remodeling experience in Chicago. The role offers year-round work with competitive pay and benefits.

Responsibilities

  • Perform remodeling tasks including drywall, painting, tile, flooring, and carpentry.
  • Work on projects ranging from small repairs to complete home rebuilds.
  • Collaborate with superintendents and team members to achieve job goals.

Requirements

  • Remodeling experience.
  • Reliable and hardworking.
  • Provide your own tools.
  • Excellent communication skills.
  • Valid driver's license.
  • Reliable transportation.
  • Previous restoration experience is a plus.
  • Able to move and/or lift 50+ lbs.
  • Pass background check and drug screen.

Benefits

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

Additional Information

  • Daily vehicle stipend for travel expenses.
  • Overtime paid at 40+ hours and double time after 60+ hours.
  • Six major holidays paid off.

Benefits

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

Pay in context

At roughly $27/hr, this posting comes in about 25% 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 25% 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 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.

ServiceMaster DSI 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.

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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. Carpenter / Drywaller / Painter – Skilled Tradesmen (Chicago) figures were last recalculated when this page was built.