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Job Description

Overview

Amtrak is seeking a Carmen Journeyman in Chicago to be responsible for the inspection, testing, and maintenance of wheel sets, brakes, and pneumatic systems on rolling stock equipment. The company values safety, diversity, and employee contributions as it connects businesses and communities across the country.

Responsibilities

  • Perform inspection, testing, and maintenance in accordance with 49CFR regulations and Amtrak standards.
  • Troubleshoot equipment to determine corrective actions and causes of equipment failures.
  • Repair doors, windows, interior equipment, access panels, hand brakes, brake shoes, and outside car body components.
  • Use a variety of test equipment to diagnose malfunctions and repair components and circuits.
  • Maintain proper care and use of materials, test equipment, machines, and hand tools.
  • May perform welding and burning.

Requirements

  • High school diploma or GED.
  • Experience in troubleshooting, repair, replacement, and rebuilding of mechanical equipment and systems.
  • Must successfully complete training and attain/retain certifications applicable to the assigned job.
  • Knowledge of mechanical, hydraulic, and pneumatic systems.
  • Ability to read mechanical drawings.
  • Knowledge and skill in the use of electronic tools and equipment.
  • Some computer skills.
  • Excellent oral and written communication skills.

Benefits

  • Health Insurance
  • Dental
  • Vision
  • 401k

Additional Information

  • Location: Illinois
  • Travel Requirements: Up to 25%
  • Hourly range: $30.95 – $41.26

Benefits

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

Pay in context

At roughly $36/hr, this posting lands within a few percent of the $39/hr median for welding jobs in Chicago, IL, whose middle half runs $34–$50/hr across 76 postings with published pay. Put another way, it pays more than about 37% 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 Chicago, IL

We're tracking 99 other active welding openings in Chicago, IL right now, from 55 different employers. 35 of them were added in the last week. Across Illinois as a whole we're tracking 354 other active welding openings from 214 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.

Amtrak currently has 2 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), Gerber Collision & Glass (12), and S&C Electric Company (9). 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 $39/hr, Itasca at $36/hr, and Addison at $35/hr. Chicago is among them.

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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. Carmen Journeymen - 90029870 - Chicago figures were last recalculated when this page was built.