2027 Spring Engineering Co-Op - Chicago, IL
Location
Chicago, IL
Posted on September 25, 2026
Location
Chicago, IL
Posted on September 25, 2026
The Engineering Co-op Program is a 15-week program hosted by the Engineering Department at Sherwin-Williams, where co-ops will assist site Engineering Managers with day-to-day tasks and special projects. This Co-op begins in January 2027 and is based in Chicago, Illinois.
This employer didn't publish a rate. For reference, welding jobs in Chicago, IL currently run a median of $38/hr in our index, with the middle half of them falling between $34–$50/hr across 77 postings with published pay. That median is a reasonable floor to anchor on when a recruiter asks what you're looking for.
We're tracking 99 other active welding openings in Chicago, IL right now, from 55 different employers. 45 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.
Sherwin-Williams currently has 4 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 $38/hr, Itasca at $36/hr, and Addison at $35/hr. Chicago is among them.
Pay figures are medians computed from live postings in the Welding Pros index, not from survey data, and they move as employers post. 2027 Spring Engineering Co-Op - Chicago, IL figures were last recalculated when this page was built.