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Job Description

Overview

We are an industry-leading Machine Manufacturer serving the plastics industry, established for over 40 years. We focus on the development of our teammates and are experiencing growth, looking for talented individuals to join our team.

Responsibilities

  • Build machine frames and components out of structural steel.
  • MIG welding and fabrication of machine frames and components.
  • Fabricate industrial ovens, safety guarding, vacuum tanks, swing doors, fan brackets, and catwalks.
  • Grind and finish completed products.
  • Perform quality checks on finished components.
  • Install finished components into machine structures.
  • Disassemble machines for painting and shipping.
  • Handle materials with sit-down forklifts and overhead cranes.

Requirements

  • MIG welding and/or fabrication experience.
  • Ability to read and interpret engineering blueprints or ability to learn.
  • Experience with saws, shears, drill presses, forklifts, and cranes is a plus.

Benefits

  • Training and teaching provided to learn a new trade.
  • Heavy promoting from within; multiple career progression paths.
  • Annual performance review and rate increase.
  • Earned vacation time and paid holidays.
  • Health coverage available.
  • Purchase assistance for required personal equipment.
  • Teammate appreciation events.
  • Referral pay for referring a friend or colleague.
  • Teammate assistance programs.
  • Good work-life balance including overtime choices.
  • Profit sharing available upon reaching qualified service time.
  • Reimbursement for qualified technical training.
  • Easily accessible and modern facility.
  • Clean environment with well-maintained equipment.
  • Stability of industry-leading company in business 40 years.
  • Equal opportunity employer; trade school graduates and veterans encouraged.

Additional Information

  • Rate of Pay: $20.00 to $24.00 per hour (paid weekly).
  • Overtime Rate: $30.00 to $36.00 per hour.
  • 1st Shift Schedule: Monday thru Friday; 7:00am to 3:30pm.
  • Overtime always available; paid breaks.

Benefits

Training and teaching provided to learn a new trade.
Heavy promoting from within; multiple career progression paths.
Annual performance review and rate increase.
Earned vacation time and paid holidays.
Health coverage available.
Purchase assistance for required personal equipment.
Teammate appreciation events.
Referral pay for referring a friend or colleague.
Teammate assistance programs.
Good work-life balance including overtime choices.
Profit sharing available upon reaching qualified service time.
Reimbursement for qualified technical training.
Easily accessible and modern facility.
Clean environment with well-maintained equipment.
Stability of industry-leading company in business 40 years.
Equal opportunity employer; trade school graduates and veterans encouraged.
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How this job compares in Glendale Heights, IL

Pay in context

At roughly $22/hr, this posting lands within a few percent of the $24/hr median for welder fabricator jobs across Illinois, whose middle half runs $22–$29/hr across 16 postings with published pay. Put another way, it pays more than about 31% 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 Glendale Heights, IL

Glendale Heights, 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 237 other active welding openings from 175 employers. With this few local postings, most welders here end up either commuting or looking at travel work. Browse welding jobs across Illinois.

Welding Shop in Chicago, IL 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 (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.

What you'll be running

This posting calls for MIG. 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.

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