Job Description

**General Laborer — $17.31 to $21.51/hour in 90 days

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**Thompson Pipe Group – Pressure · South Beloit, IL · 1st Shift · No experience needed

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Pay

• **$17.31/hour to start

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• **$18.71/hour after 30 days

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• **$20.11/hour after 60 days

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• **$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.

Health Insurance

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.

Hours

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.

The Work

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.

What We Need

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

Apply

Walk in. No appointment. Tuesday to Friday, 9:00 AM to 4:00 PM.

4416 Prairie Hill Rd., South Beloit, IL 61080

Bring a photo ID. You can fill out the application here and talk to someone the same day.

Move up from here: 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.

You should be proficient in:

• Welding Setups for Production

Machines & technologies you'll use:

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