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Overview

This position as a Mechanical Drafter 3 at Sargent & Lundy offers a hybrid work schedule, allowing for a mix of in-office and remote work. The role involves working within a multi-disciplined engineering and design project team to develop mechanical equipment layouts and piping designs.

Responsibilities

  • Participate in 3D model reviews and coordinate detailed design phases for integrated mechanical design.
  • Layout mechanical equipment while maintaining required spatial clearances using 3D modeling software.
  • Develop physical piping layout and pipe support designs in an integrated 3D design environment.
  • Utilize system design criteria and engineering piping & instrumentation diagram (P&ID) information to layout piping and associated components.
  • Verify equipment and component connection points using mechanical equipment 3D model layout and vendor drawings.
  • Collaborate with other design disciplines to ensure physical clearances, constructability, accessibility, and operations and maintenance requirements are met.
  • Work with piping stress and structural engineers to locate and detail required pipe supports.

Requirements

  • An Associate's Degree in drafting, or a high school diploma and 2 or more years drafting course work or equivalent technical experience.
  • Proficiency in 3D integrated plant modeling design software tools.
  • Proficiency in 3D MicroStation or 3D AutoCAD.
  • Proficiency in reading spreadsheets created from the 3D model.
  • Ability to interface with engineering and design teams of other disciplines in the project design process.

Benefits

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

Additional Information

  • This position allows for a hybrid work schedule with a mix of work spent in office and working remote from home.
  • Sargent & Lundy does not sponsor employees for work authorization in the U.S. for this position.

Benefits

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

Pay in context

At roughly $31/hr, this posting comes in about 17% below the $38/hr median for welding jobs in Chicago, IL, where the middle half runs $30–$50/hr across 79 postings with published pay. Put another way, it pays more than about 30% 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 108 other active welding openings in Chicago, IL right now, from 62 different employers. 50 of them were added in the last week. Across Illinois as a whole we're tracking 368 other active welding openings from 212 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.

Sargent & Lundy currently has 10 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 Gerber Collision & Glass (18), Staff on Site (13), and S&C Electric Company (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 Downers Grove at $44/hr, Chicago at $38/hr, and Elk Grove Village at $34/hr. Chicago is among them.

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