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Job Description

Overview

The Union Body Shop Technician is responsible for providing service to body shop customers while maintaining exceptional customer service, including minor repairs and used truck reconditioning. Rush Truck Centers is the largest network of commercial vehicle dealerships across the US, representing various truck and bus manufacturers, and offers rewarding career opportunities in the transportation industry.

Responsibilities

  • Sanding and masking in preparation for painting.
  • New truck pre-delivery check and minor adjustments.
  • Check for and adjust rattles, squeaks, door and window adjustments and alignments, wind noises, water and dust leaks.

Requirements

  • High school diploma or general education degree (GED)
  • Body shop and/or technical school experience

Benefits

  • Pension

Benefits

Pension
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How this job compares in Chicago, IL

Pay in context

At roughly $28/hr, this posting comes in about 26% below the $37/hr median for welding jobs in Chicago, IL, where the middle half runs $31–$47/hr across 76 postings with published pay. Put another way, it pays more than about 17% 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 Chicago, IL

We're tracking 96 other active welding openings in Chicago, IL right now, from 54 different employers. 32 of them were added in the last week. Across Illinois as a whole we're tracking 333 other active welding openings from 206 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.

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. Chicago is among them.

Similar openings near Chicago, IL

Pay figures are medians computed from live postings in the Welding Pros index, not from survey data, and they move as employers post. Body Shop Technician figures were last recalculated when this page was built.