Senior Structural Engineer – Substation
Location
Chicago, IL
Wage
$114,400 – $150,075/yr
Employment Type
Full-time
Posted on August 26, 2026
Location
Chicago, IL
Wage
$114,400 – $150,075/yr
Employment Type
Full-time
Posted on August 26, 2026
At Jacobs, we are seeking a Senior Structural Engineer to support our Energy & Power business in delivering electrical transmission and generation projects across North America. This role involves design, oversight, and coordination with clients and early career professionals to build a cleaner and more resilient energy future.
At roughly $64/hr, this posting sits about 18% above the $54/hr median for structural welder jobs in Chicago, IL — toward the top of a $49–$63/hr middle band drawn from 14 postings with published pay. Put another way, it pays more than about 79% 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.
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.
Pay figures are medians computed from live postings in the Welding Pros index, not from survey data, and they move as employers post. Senior Structural Engineer – Substation figures were last recalculated when this page was built.