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Job Description

Overview

The Container Welder/Fabricator at Republic Services is responsible for repairing, painting, and maintaining containers and roll-off boxes. This role requires welding and fabrication skills, along with adherence to safety policies and procedures.

Responsibilities

  • Performs repairs and maintenance on front, rear, and roll-off containers.
  • Welds steel and aluminum components using MIG and ARC welding equipment.
  • Fabrics steel components using a brake and shear.
  • Cuts steel using a plasma cutter or torch.
  • Fabrics steel components for hoppers, containers, and compactors.
  • Installs lids and wheels on containers.
  • Paints repaired containers.
  • Follows all safety policies and procedures.
  • Completes required paperwork.
  • Installs company and safety decals on containers and roll-off boxes.
  • Performs other job-related duties as assigned.
  • Refers more complex repairs to the Supervisor.

Requirements

  • Certified welder.
  • Advanced knowledge of MIG and stick welders, plasma cutter, and airless paint sprayers.
  • Familiar with basic use of hand tools.
  • Excellent written and verbal communication skills.
  • Ability to follow directions with minimal supervisory involvement.
  • Minimum of 1 year welding experience or completion of a welding program.

Benefits

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

Additional Information

  • Shift: 5 am - 2:30 pm

Benefits

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

Pay in context

At roughly $31/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 247 postings with published pay. Put another way, it pays more than about 45% 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 Midlothian, IL

Midlothian, 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 333 other active welding openings from 207 employers. With this few local postings, most welders here end up either commuting or looking at travel work. Browse welding jobs across Illinois.

Republic Services currently has 3 other openings 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 (10), and Gerber Collision & Glass (10). 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 $37/hr, Elk Grove Village at $36/hr, and Bedford Park at $33/hr. If you can relocate or commute, that spread is worth factoring in.

What you'll be running

This posting calls for MIG and Stick work. MIG (GMAW) feeds a continuous wire electrode through a shielding-gas nozzle. It lays down metal fast and is forgiving on clean material, which is why it dominates production and light fabrication work. Stick (SMAW) burns a flux-coated consumable rod and needs no shielding gas, so it works in wind, rain, and on dirty or rusted steel. That tolerance for bad conditions keeps it the default for field, structural, and repair work.

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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. Container Shop Welder- 1st shift figures were last recalculated when this page was built.