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Overview

Zachry Engineering Corporation (ZEC) is seeking an Engineer I Civil/Structural to work out of their Downers Grove, IL office. The ideal candidate will perform engineering duties in planning, designing, and supporting the construction phase of structures, ensuring compliance with plans and specifications.

Responsibilities

  • Support senior engineers with planning, preparing and developing detailed design and specifications for major and complex structures, systems and equipment.
  • Design concrete foundations for support of equipment and buildings in power plants.
  • Design structural steel for power plants including platforms, pipe racks, and pipe and electrical supports.
  • Perform material take offs of steel and concrete structures.
  • Develop project specifications.
  • Review shop drawings.
  • Participate in project planning and preparation of budgets and estimates.
  • Serve in a technical capacity to provide solutions to complex engineering problems within the Civil / Structural department.
  • Coordinate with other internal engineering disciplines on project designs.

Requirements

  • Bachelor’s degree in civil engineering with a focus on Structural Engineering.
  • Minimum of 1 year of work-related industry experience.
  • Strong interpersonal skills.
  • Passed the Fundamentals of Engineering examination (Preferred).
  • Excellent presentation and communication skills required.
  • Proficient with Civil Structural Engineering Software (STAAD Pro, RISA).
  • Must possess permanent authorization to work in the USA without the need of sponsorship now or in the future.

Benefits

  • Health Insurance
  • Dental
  • Vision
  • 401k

Benefits

Health Insurance
Dental
Vision
401k
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How this job compares in Downers Grove, IL

Pay in context

At roughly $44/hr, this posting sits about 32% above the $33/hr median for welding jobs across Illinois — toward the top of a $28–$40/hr middle band drawn from 232 postings with published pay. Put another way, it pays more than about 82% 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 Downers Grove, IL

Downers Grove, IL currently has 6 other active welding openings besides this one, spread across 5 employers. 4 of them were added in the last week. Across Illinois as a whole we're tracking 329 other active welding openings from 201 employers. That's enough local activity to be worth comparing two or three offers before committing. Browse every welding job in Downers Grove, or widen the search to Illinois.

Zachry Group 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 (14), S&C Electric Company (11), and Venteon (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 Chicago at $37/hr, Elk Grove Village at $34/hr, and Franklin Park at $31/hr. If you can relocate or commute, that spread is worth factoring in.

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