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Overview

AGI is a global food-based infrastructure company that offers equipment and technology solutions for agricultural commodities. The Welder position at AGI (Yargus) in Marshall, IL requires experienced Mig Welders to perform various welding functions during straight day shifts from Monday to Friday.

Responsibilities

  • Reads and interprets blueprints and machine drawings to determine specific welding requirements.
  • Connects cables from welding unit to obtain amperage, voltage, slope, and pulse as specified by engineering.
  • Manually guides electrode or gun along weld line, maintaining length of arc and speed of movement to form specified depth of fusion and bead.
  • Welds in flat, horizontal, vertical or overhead positions.
  • Examines weld for bead size and other specifications.
  • Selects torch, torch tip, filler ford and flux according to welding chart specifications or type and thickness of material.

Requirements

  • High School Degree or equivalent.
  • Six months to one-year related experience and/or training; or equivalent combination of education and experience.
  • Ability to read and interpret documents furnished in written, oral, diagram or schedule form.
  • Ability to deal with problems involving several concrete variables in standardized situations.
  • Be able to read and interpret blueprints.
  • Must be able to read a tape measure.
  • Ability to perform simple shop math, convert decimals to fractional equivalents.
  • Ability to use weld fillet gauges to ensure proper weld size and interpret tolerances.
  • Must be able to identify and measure material.

Benefits

  • PTO
  • Health Insurance
  • Dental
  • Vision
  • Life and AD&D
  • Short- and Long-Term Disability
  • Voluntary Life
  • Employee Assistance Program
  • Spending Accounts
  • 401k

Additional Information

  • Straight day shift openings Monday through Friday.
  • Location: Marshall, IL, USA.

Benefits

PTO
Health Insurance
Dental
Vision
Life and AD&D
Short- and Long-Term Disability
Voluntary Life
Employee Assistance Program
Spending Accounts
401k
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How this job compares in Marshall, IL

Pay in context

At roughly $21/hr, this posting comes in about 32% below the $31/hr median for welding jobs across Illinois, where the middle half runs $24–$38/hr across 197 postings with published pay. Put another way, it pays more than about 12% 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 Marshall, IL

This is the only active welding job we're currently tracking in Marshall, 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 367 other active welding openings from 265 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 (18), Gerber Collision & Glass (8), 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 Itasca at $56/hr, Chicago at $36/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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