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Job Description

Overview

hth companies is an industrial services provider offering mechanical insulation, scaffolding, industrial cleaning, and various other services to meet customer needs across the Midwest. The Millwright will repair, maintain, and facilitate installation of industrial equipment used in manufacturing and production operations.

Responsibilities

  • Repair, maintain, and facilitate installation of industrial equipment.
  • Install, dismantle, repair, reassemble, and move equipment on work sites.
  • Work on pumps, compressors, gearboxes, conveyors, valves, and piping.
  • Read highly technical instructions and blueprints on equipment systems.
  • Use a variety of hand and power tools for repairs and installations.
  • Ensure proper operation of large industrial equipment.
  • Conduct tests to ensure machines perform to specifications.
  • Dismantle existing connected and independent equipment.
  • Gather and assemble parts for repairs based on blueprints.
  • Troubleshoot and repair machines when unexpected issues arise.
  • Perform preventive maintenance on older machines.
  • Provide advice and recommendations concerning new machinery.
  • Plan and facilitate installation of new or refurbished machinery.
  • Conduct safety inspections of facilities.
  • Maintain records, including safety logs and inspection details.
  • Assist with jobsite safety to comply with OSHA regulations.
  • Champion a positive workplace and safety culture.
  • Perform various other duties as required or assigned.

Requirements

  • Ability to use a variety of tools, including blowtorches, saws, and welding torches.
  • Thorough understanding of a variety of equipment.
  • Ability to read and understand blueprints and schematics.
  • Understanding of safety practices, guidelines, rules, and laws.
  • Excellent time management skills with a proven ability to meet deadlines.
  • Ability to function well in a high-paced and stressful environment.
  • Ability to problem solve and develop solutions.
  • Excellent communication skills.
  • Ability to work independently.

Benefits

  • Health Insurance
  • Life Insurance
  • Vision
  • Dental
  • 401k

Benefits

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

Pay in context

This employer didn't publish a rate. For reference, welding jobs across Illinois currently run a median of $31/hr in our index, with the middle half of them falling between $26–$41/hr across 185 postings with published pay. That median is a reasonable floor to anchor on when a recruiter asks what you're looking for.

The local market in Peoria, IL

This is the only active welding job we're currently tracking in Peoria, IL, which makes it worth moving on quickly — there is no local competing offer to weigh it against. Across Illinois as a whole we're tracking 242 other active welding openings from 146 employers. Browse welding jobs across Illinois.

hth companies currently has 1 other opening 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 (12), S&C Electric Company (9), and Crash Champions (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, Elk Grove Village at $34/hr, and Bedford Park at $30/hr. If you can relocate or commute, that spread is worth factoring in.

Similar openings near Peoria, IL

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