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Panduit

Sr. Sheet Metal Fabricator - Machinist

Location

Tinley Park, IL

Wage

$29 – $34/hr

Employment Type

Full-time

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Posted on August 17, 2026

Job Description

Overview

At Panduit, we offer a career where your contributions directly impact our customers, the environment, and our company’s success. Join Panduit’s R&D Tool Room Team as a Sr Sheet Metal Fabricator - Machinist, where you’ll bring innovative prototype designs to life using advanced CNC technology.

Responsibilities

  • Program, set up, and operate CNC press brakes, CNC waterjet, and CNC laser/punch machines to build precision sheet metal prototypes.
  • Use CAD software to convert 3D models into 2D flat patterns and create setup and inspection documentation.
  • Perform high-precision fabrication work to tight tolerances on complex designs.
  • Conduct in-process inspection utilizing calipers, height gages, micrometers, protractor, precision square and dial indicators.
  • Continuously expand technical capabilities by learning new skills identified by Tool Room Management.
  • Contribute to continuous improvement initiatives.

Requirements

  • High school diploma or GED equivalent required.
  • 2 years in a similar role with experience programming, setting up, and operating CNC press brake, waterjet, and laser/punch machines.
  • Ability to accurately utilize inspection equipment.
  • CAD/CAM experience is a plus.
  • Strong ability to read engineering drawings and follow work instructions.
  • Effective communication and collaboration skills.

Benefits

  • 401k
  • Health Insurance
  • PTO

Additional Information

  • Evening work shift.
  • Applicants must be currently authorized to work in the United States on a full-time basis.

Benefits

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

Pay in context

At roughly $32/hr, this posting sits about 37% above the $23/hr median for welder fabricator jobs across Illinois — toward the top of a $22–$28/hr middle band drawn from 16 postings with published pay. Put another way, it pays more than about 88% 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 Tinley Park, IL

This is the only active welding job we're currently tracking in Tinley Park, IL, which makes it worth moving on quickly — there is no local competing offer to weigh it against. Across Illinois as a whole we're tracking 237 other active welding openings from 174 employers. Browse welding jobs across Illinois.

The most active employers in Illinois at the moment, by number of open welding reqs, are S&C Electric Company (14), Gerber Collision & Glass (9), and Aerotek (7). 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 $33/hr and Peoria at $31/hr. If you can relocate or commute, that spread is worth factoring in.

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