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Overview

The Welder position involves using hand welding and flame cutting equipment to weld metal components under general supervision. The role includes assisting with cutting and welding operations for various repair and fabrication tasks.

Responsibilities

  • Works from sketches, prints, operation sheets, preliminary drawings, and written/verbal instructions.
  • Maintains welding specifications.
  • Sets up and operates all welding equipment.
  • May utilize different types of welding systems for different tasks.
  • Performs other duties as assigned.

Requirements

  • Typically requires a technical degree and one (1) to four (4) years of related experience or an equivalent combination.
  • Knowledge of Chemistry and Metallurgy.
  • Understanding of Electricity.
  • Knowledge of basic computer programming.
  • Strong attention to detail.
  • Ability to Read Blueprints.

Benefits

  • Health Insurance
  • 401k
  • PTO

Benefits

Health Insurance
401k
PTO
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How this job compares in Woodridge, IL

Pay in context

At roughly $28/hr, this posting lands within a few percent of the $31/hr median for welding jobs across Illinois, whose middle half runs $25–$38/hr across 241 postings with published pay. Put another way, it pays more than about 37% of the comparable postings we have wage data for. In other words it is a market-rate offer, so benefits, overtime, and shift schedule are where the real difference between this and the next posting on the list shows up.

The local market in Woodridge, IL

Woodridge, 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 344 other active welding openings from 253 employers. With this few local postings, most welders here end up either commuting or looking at travel work. Browse welding jobs across Illinois.

Motion 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 S&C Electric Company (16), Gerber Collision & Glass (7), and Ingersoll Rand (5). 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 $36/hr, Itasca at $36/hr, and Melrose Park at $34/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. Welder figures were last recalculated when this page was built.