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Job Description

Overview

Sparrow Millwright is a family-owned business serving the agricultural industry since 1958, specializing in grain elevator construction, maintenance, industrial equipment installation, custom fabrication, and repair. They are looking for dependable, mechanically inclined individuals to join their team as Millwright/Fabrication Technicians.

Responsibilities

  • Install, maintain, and repair grain handling equipment, conveyors, bucket elevators, and related machinery.
  • Perform structural steel fabrication, welding, and equipment repairs.
  • Troubleshoot mechanical equipment and identify solutions.
  • Work with hand tools, power tools, and industrial equipment.
  • Assist with equipment installation and construction projects.
  • Work both in the fabrication shop and at customer locations.
  • Follow workplace safety practices and maintain quality workmanship.

Requirements

  • Experience in welding, fabrication, millwright work, or industrial maintenance preferred.
  • Ability to read measurements and use common tools.
  • Willingness to learn new skills and take on different tasks.
  • Dependable, hardworking, and able to work as part of a team.
  • Valid driver's license preferred.
  • Experience is a plus, but training is available for the right person with a strong mechanical background and a good work ethic.

Benefits

  • Health Insurance
  • PTO

Additional Information

  • Pay: $24–$32 per hour, depending on experience and abilities.
  • Expected hours: 40.0 per week.
  • Flexible schedule.
  • Retirement plan.
  • Work Location: In person.
  • People with a criminal record are encouraged to apply.

Benefits

Health Insurance
PTO
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How this job compares in Blandinsville, IL

Pay in context

At roughly $28/hr, this posting comes in about 10% below the $31/hr median for welding jobs across Illinois, where the middle half runs $26–$43/hr across 197 postings with published pay. Put another way, it pays more than about 31% 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 Blandinsville, IL

This is the only active welding job we're currently tracking in Blandinsville, 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 260 other active welding openings from 159 employers. Browse welding jobs across Illinois.

The most active employers in Illinois at the moment, by number of open welding reqs, are Gerber Collision & Glass (16), S&C Electric Company (10), and The Boyd Group LLC (8). Volume like that usually means either a genuine expansion or a staffing agency working several client sites — worth knowing which before you apply.

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