Welder II (5:00 am to 1:30 pm) 1st shift
Location
Bolingbrook, IL
Wage
$28 – $31/hr
Employment Type
Full-time
Required Skills & Certifications
Posted on July 28, 2026
Location
Bolingbrook, IL
Wage
$28 – $31/hr
Employment Type
Full-time
Posted on July 28, 2026
As a Welder II at G&W Electric, you will perform moderate to advanced welding tasks, including assembling and welding subassemblies and assemblies of varying complexity. G&W Electric is a global leader in engineered electrical power grid solutions, committed to employee success and innovation.
At roughly $30/hr, this posting lands within a few percent of the $29/hr median for welding jobs across Illinois, whose middle half runs $23–$35/hr across 142 postings with published pay. Put another way, it pays more than about 52% 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.
Bolingbrook, IL is a small market in our index: 2 other active welding openings alongside this one, from 2 employers. 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.
G&W Electric 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.
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.
Pay figures are medians computed from live postings in the Welding Pros index, not from survey data, and they move as employers post. Welder II (5:00 am to 1:30 pm) 1st shift figures were last recalculated when this page was built.