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Job Description

Overview

This is a great opportunity to get involved with exciting and challenging EPC and Engineering Services Projects within various industries for career development and growth.

Responsibilities

  • Responsible for completing project specific objectives under direction of a Senior Mechanical Engineer.
  • Specify, evaluate bids, and perform vendor document review for process equipment such as pressure vessels, tanks, pumps, and heat exchangers.
  • Perform calculations for equipment and piping.
  • Specify Materials for process and utility piping services.
  • Attend client, vendor, and internal team project meetings.
  • Perform field surveys to collect required field data and assist with interpretation of engineering drawings and specifications in the field.
  • Opportunity to lead the mechanical work for projects, including schedule, budget management and weekly reporting responsibilities.

Requirements

  • Bachelor’s Degree in Mechanical Engineering or related engineering field.
  • 7 to 10 years of experience working in the Power, Refining, or Chemical Industries.
  • Experience applying standard engineering techniques, procedures, and criteria to ensure compliance with design basis, and safety and environmental regulations.
  • Strong communication and inter-personal skills are required for coordination with internal team members as well as Vendors and Clients.
  • Willingness to learn and work on a variety of tasks within multiple industries.
  • Willingness to travel and work in office and field environments.
  • Strong desire for continuous improvement and career growth.

Benefits

  • Health Insurance
  • Dental
  • Vision
  • Life Insurance
  • Disability
  • 401k

Benefits

Health Insurance
Dental
Vision
Life Insurance
Disability
401k
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How this job compares in Downers Grove, IL

Pay in context

At roughly $69/hr, this posting sits about 131% above the $30/hr median for welding jobs across Illinois — toward the top of a $25–$38/hr middle band drawn from 276 postings with published pay. Put another way, it pays more than about 98% 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.

The local market in Downers Grove, IL

Downers Grove, IL currently has 8 other active welding openings besides this one, spread across 7 employers. 5 of them were added in the last week. Across Illinois as a whole we're tracking 373 other active welding openings from 233 employers. That's enough local activity to be worth comparing two or three offers before committing. Browse every welding job in Downers Grove, or widen the search to Illinois.

Zachry Group 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 (14), and Staff on Site (13). 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, Addison at $32/hr, and Peoria at $31/hr. If you can relocate or commute, that spread is worth factoring in.

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