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Overview

Ecolab, a leading global developer of premium cleaning, sanitizing, and maintenance products and services, is seeking a Pipefitter responsible for fabricating, wiring, and repairing electrical and mechanical equipment.

Responsibilities

  • Work with plastic (PVC, CPVC), carbon and stainless-steel piping and sheet goods to assemble interconnecting piping between vessels, pumps, and valves.
  • Fabricate and assemble equipment based on mechanical drawings.
  • Route and terminate wires based on electrical drawings.
  • Operate industrial machining equipment such as a drill press, threader, cutters, sanders/grinders, and various types of saws.
  • Use overhead crane and safe rigging and maneuvering of loads to support equipment assembly and prepare for shipment activities.
  • Operate a forklift and pallet jack.
  • Other duties as assigned.

Requirements

  • High School diploma or equivalent.
  • 5 years of experience in an equipment assembly-related assignment.
  • 5 years of experience in a pipefitting assignment.
  • Experience using hand and power tools and basic size/weight measuring devices.
  • No Immigration Sponsorship available for this opportunity.

Benefits

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

Additional Information

  • Plant location: Glenwood, IL.
  • Work week and shift: Monday - Friday 6:00AM – 2:30PM, OT eligible.
  • Sign-on Bonus: $500.

Benefits

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

Pay in context

At roughly $30/hr, this posting lands within a few percent of the $32/hr median for welding jobs across Illinois, whose middle half runs $27–$39/hr across 265 postings with published pay. Put another way, it pays more than about 42% 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 Glenwood, IL

Glenwood, IL is a small market in our index: 1 other active welding opening alongside this one, from 1 employer. Across Illinois as a whole we're tracking 371 other active welding openings from 241 employers. With this few local postings, most welders here end up either commuting or looking at travel work. Browse welding jobs across Illinois.

Ecolab 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 Staff on Site (13), S&C Electric Company (12), and Gerber Collision & Glass (11). 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 $38/hr, Itasca at $36/hr, and Downers Grove at $36/hr. If you can relocate or commute, that spread is worth factoring in.

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