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Job Description

Overview

The Journey Carpenter position at Northwestern University involves performing skilled carpentry tasks and general building maintenance under minimal supervision. The role emphasizes collaboration, safety, and excellent service in support of the department's mission and values.

Responsibilities

  • Perform general repairs to doors, walls, floors, ceilings, etc.
  • Conduct glazing and window repairs.
  • Repair roofs and other exterior building elements.
  • Hang wood doors and set jambs.
  • Construct stairs including stringers, treads, and risers.
  • Perform interior renovations.
  • Carry out general plaster, cement, stone, and brick repairs.
  • Perform other duties as assigned.

Requirements

  • High school diploma, GED, or equivalent combination of education and experience.
  • Training and/or development experience equivalent to a full apprenticeship (four years) plus two years of relevant work experience.
  • Must be a member of Laborers Local 681 or join after one month of employment.
  • Must possess and maintain a valid driver's license recognized by the State of Illinois and provide own reliable transportation.

Benefits

  • Health Insurance
  • Dental
  • Vision
  • Disability Insurance
  • Life Insurance
  • PTO

Additional Information

  • Northwestern supports flexible work arrangements where possible.
  • Programs to help locate and pay for quality, affordable childcare and senior/adult care are available.

Benefits

Health Insurance
Dental
Vision
Disability Insurance
Life Insurance
PTO
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How this job compares in Evanston, IL

Pay in context

At roughly $52/hr, this posting sits about 58% 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 84% 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 Evanston, IL

Evanston, IL is a small market in our index: 1 other active welding opening alongside this one, from 1 employer. Across Illinois as a whole we're tracking 331 other active welding openings from 199 employers. With this few local postings, most welders here end up either commuting or looking at travel work. Browse welding jobs across Illinois.

Northwestern University 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 (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.

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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. Journey Carpenter figures were last recalculated when this page was built.