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Overview

The Container Shop Welder at Republic Services is responsible for repairing, painting, and maintaining containers and roll-off boxes. The company is a leader in the environmental services industry, providing a comprehensive set of products and services to promote sustainability.

Responsibilities

  • Performs repairs and maintenance on front, rear and roll-off containers.
  • Welds steel and aluminum components using MIG and ARC welding equipment.
  • Fabricates steel components using a brake and shear.
  • Cuts steel using a plasma cutter or torch.
  • Fabricates steel components for hoppers, containers and compactors.
  • Installs lids and wheels on containers.
  • Paints repaired containers.
  • Follows all safety policies and procedures.
  • Completes required paperwork.
  • Installs company and safety decals on containers and roll-off boxes.
  • Performs other job-related duties as assigned.
  • Refers more complex repairs to the Supervisor.

Requirements

  • Certified welder.
  • Advanced knowledge of MIG and stick welders, plasma cutter, and airless paint sprayers.
  • Familiar with basic use of hand tools.
  • Excellent written and verbal communication skills.
  • Ability to follow directions with minimal supervisory involvement.
  • Minimum of 1 year welding experience or completion of a welding program.

Benefits

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

Additional Information

  • Shift: 6 am - 2:30 pm

Benefits

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

Pay in context

At roughly $39/hr, this posting sits about 19% above the $33/hr median for welding jobs across Illinois — toward the top of a $28–$40/hr middle band drawn from 240 postings with published pay. Put another way, it pays more than about 71% of the comparable postings we have wage data for. Pay that far above local median usually comes attached to something: a harder cert requirement, travel, night shift, or overtime that isn't really optional. Worth establishing which before you accept.

The local market in Melrose Park, IL

Melrose Park, IL currently has 3 other active welding openings besides this one, spread across 3 employers. 1 of them was added in the last week. Across Illinois as a whole we're tracking 331 other active welding openings from 199 employers. That's enough local activity to be worth comparing two or three offers before committing. Browse every welding job in Melrose Park, or widen the search to Illinois.

Republic Services 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 Gerber Collision & Glass (17), S&C Electric Company (11), and Venteon (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, Downers Grove at $36/hr, and Addison at $36/hr. If you can relocate or commute, that spread is worth factoring in.

What you'll be running

This posting calls for MIG and Stick work. MIG (GMAW) feeds a continuous wire electrode through a shielding-gas nozzle. It lays down metal fast and is forgiving on clean material, which is why it dominates production and light fabrication work. Stick (SMAW) burns a flux-coated consumable rod and needs no shielding gas, so it works in wind, rain, and on dirty or rusted steel. That tolerance for bad conditions keeps it the default for field, structural, and repair work.

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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. Container Shop Welder figures were last recalculated when this page was built.