Industrial Production Welder — Precast Concrete Systems

Job Title:

General Laborer

Thompson Pipe Group – Pressure

South Beloit, IL

1st Shift

No experience needed

• $17.31/hour to start
• $18.71/hour after 30 days
• $20.11/hour after 60 days
• $21.51/hour after 90 days — the full Laborer rate, and it is set by contract, not by a review.
• Plus $2.16 for every hour you work paid into your retirement account after 30 working days. About $4,500 a year. You pay nothing toward it.
• Time and a half after 8 hours in a day, not just after 40 in a week.
• Double time on Sundays and holidays.
• $100 bonus at 30 days. $200 at 60 days. $300 at 90 days.

Most of our laborers work 15 to 17 hours of overtime a week. Once you are at $21.51, that overtime plus the retirement money comes to about $76,000 to $80,000 a year. During your first 90 days it runs about $62,000 to $65,000. Overtime depends on production and is not guaranteed.

Company-funded. Medical, dental, vision, prescription, and disability. The company pays $655 a month for you, or $1,966 a month for a family. Coverage starts the 1st of the month after 30 days.

Monday to Friday, 5:00 AM to 3:30 PM. With overtime that is about a 50-hour week, plus some Saturdays. Early start, early finish.

• Making and finishing concrete pipe. Tying rebar. Patching, grinding and finishing concrete. Hand tools and power tools. Moving materials.
• Hot in summer, cold in winter, and not air conditioned. Lifting 35 pounds and up. Hard hat, ear protection and steel-toe boots required. The company pays half your boots, up to two pairs a year, and supplies rain and winter gear.

• Show up on time every day.
• Work safely.
• Be willing to do physical work.
• No experience needed — we train you.

• Steel Welder or Crane Operator $22.13
• Maintenance or Setup Welder $22.39
• Ring Welder, Locomotive Crane or Electrician $24.95
• Working Foreman $25.27. Every rate is set by contract and posted.
• Offer depends on passing a physical and a drug and alcohol test.

TPG Pressure, Inc. Equal Opportunity Employer – M/F/Veteran/Disability. Accommodations available on request.

• Welding Setups for Production

• MIG Welder
• TIG Welder
• Stick Welder
• Flux-Cored Arc Welder