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Overview

Join an excellent manufacturing company specializing in custom roll-formed and fabricated metal components. The Tool Room Technician role focuses on maintaining, repairing, and improving manufacturing tools and equipment, requiring a strong background in CNC operations, manual machining, and welding.

Responsibilities

  • Operate, maintain, and repair a variety of machine tools including CNC Lathes, CNC Bed mills, routers, and drill presses.
  • Perform routine machine maintenance and troubleshoot issues to minimize downtime.
  • Read and interpret blueprints, schematics, and technical drawings to understand equipment and tool requirements.
  • Perform manual machining tasks using a variety of tools such as lathes, mills, calipers, and micrometers.
  • Operate machines, demonstrating a high level of precision and accuracy.
  • Perform TIG and MIG welding tasks as required, ensuring high-quality joins and finishes.
  • Work with stamping tools, ensuring they are well-maintained and operate at optimal efficiency.
  • Use your knowledge of pneumatics to maintain and repair relevant equipment.
  • Develop and implement strategies to improve the efficiency and effectiveness of our tools and equipment.
  • Adhere to all safety protocols and maintain a clean and safe work environment.

Requirements

  • A minimum of 3 years of experience in a similar role within the manufacturing industry.
  • Proven experience with CNC Lathes, CNC mills, routers, and drill presses.
  • Strong knowledge of machine components and the ability to perform maintenance and repairs.
  • Proficiency in reading and interpreting blueprints and schematics.
  • Demonstrated experience in manual machining, including the use of lathes, mills, calipers, and micrometers.
  • Ability to perform TIG and MIG welding tasks.
  • Experience with stamping tools and processes.
  • Proven experience as a Machine Maintenance Tech.
  • Excellent problem-solving skills and attention to detail.
  • Strong adherence to safety protocols and the ability to maintain a clean and safe work environment.
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How this job compares in Skokie, IL

Pay in context

At roughly $28/hr, this posting comes in about 10% below the $31/hr median for welding jobs across Illinois, where the middle half runs $25–$38/hr across 243 postings with published pay. Put another way, it pays more than about 35% of the comparable postings we have wage data for. That gap is worth raising directly — in a market this size there is normally room to negotiate toward the median, particularly if you already hold the certifications the posting asks for.

The local market in Skokie, IL

Skokie, IL currently has 6 other active welding openings besides this one, spread across 3 employers. 3 of them were added in the last week. Across Illinois as a whole we're tracking 349 other active welding openings from 257 employers. That's enough local activity to be worth comparing two or three offers before committing. Browse every welding job in Skokie, or widen the search to Illinois.

Jobot 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 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.

What you'll be running

This posting calls for MIG and TIG work. MIG (GMAW) feeds a continuous wire electrode through a shielding-gas nozzle. It lays down metal fast and is forgiving on clean material, which is why it dominates production and light fabrication work. TIG (GTAW) uses a non-consumable tungsten electrode with filler added by hand, giving the operator the most control of any process. It is slow, demanding, and the standard for stainless, aluminum, and anything where the bead has to look as good as it holds.

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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. Tool Room Technician figures were last recalculated when this page was built.