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Job Description

Overview

Valmont is a Fortune 1000 company that is dedicated to moving the world forward by advancing agricultural productivity and reimagining vital infrastructure. The 2nd Shift General Labor position involves various tasks to ensure the safety and quality of production processes.

Responsibilities

  • Inspect and identify unsafe production fixtures, chains, and hooks.
  • Hand wire small to medium-sized parts to racks for pickling or galvanizing.
  • Pull and place chains and ropes around steel bundles for racking.
  • Move lightweight pieces of steel by hand from different locations in the plant and yard.
  • Perform paddling functions to enhance the quality level of galvanized products using air guns.
  • Use air or electric powered tools to prepare steel for pickling or galvanizing.
  • Assist in general plant clean up and housekeeping.
  • Work safely, protecting self and others from accidents and injuries.

Requirements

  • Ability to read and follow written and verbal instructions.
  • Ability to accurately read a tape measure.
  • Ability to communicate problems or needs to departmental supervision.
  • Ability to lift up to 50 pounds.
  • High School Diploma or GED equivalent.
  • Six months of previous experience in a galvanizing position.
  • Six months of previous experience with hand tools and gauges.
  • Six months of previous experience operating a bridge crane.
  • Ability to communicate and interact with coworkers positively.
  • Attention to detail and ability to follow work instructions.
  • High awareness for safety at all times.

Benefits

  • Health Insurance
  • Vision
  • 401k
  • PTO
  • Employer paid life insurance
  • Employer paid short-term including maternity leave
  • Work Life Support
  • Quarterly attendance bonus incentive

Additional Information

  • Location: 10909 Franklin Ave Franklin Park Illinois 60131-1409
  • Shift: 2nd Shift

Benefits

Health Insurance
Vision
401k
PTO
Employer paid life insurance
Employer paid short-term including maternity leave
Work Life Support
Quarterly attendance bonus incentive
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How this job compares in Franklin Park, IL

Pay in context

At roughly $18/hr, this posting comes in about 39% below the $30/hr median for welding jobs across Illinois, where the middle half runs $26–$38/hr across 276 postings with published pay. Put another way, it pays more than about 4% 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 Franklin Park, IL

Franklin Park, IL is a small market in our index: 2 other active welding openings alongside this one, from 2 employers. Across Illinois as a whole we're tracking 373 other active welding openings from 232 employers. With this few local postings, most welders here end up either commuting or looking at travel work. Browse welding jobs across 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 (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 Downers Grove at $46/hr, Chicago at $36/hr, and Addison at $32/hr. If you can relocate or commute, that spread is worth factoring in.

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