Structural Designer - Hydropower
Location
Chicago, IL
Wage
$72,200 – $104,600/yr
Employment Type
Full-time
Posted on August 31, 2026
Location
Chicago, IL
Wage
$72,200 – $104,600/yr
Employment Type
Full-time
Posted on August 31, 2026
Stantec is seeking a Structural Designer to join their Energy and Resources Design Team, focusing on hydropower and related infrastructure projects. The role involves collaborating with multidisciplinary teams to deliver innovative solutions while contributing to complex projects across North America and globally.
At roughly $43/hr, this posting comes in about 23% below the $55/hr median for structural welder jobs in Chicago, IL, where the middle half runs $43–$63/hr across 11 postings with published pay. Put another way, it pays more than about 18% 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.
We're tracking 104 other active welding openings in Chicago, IL right now, from 66 different employers. 56 of them were added in the last week. Across Illinois as a whole we're tracking 371 other active welding openings from 241 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.
Stantec 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. 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. Structural Designer - Hydropower figures were last recalculated when this page was built.