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Job Description

Overview

Kreher Steel, a Tube Supply Company, is seeking a CNC Operator to maintain machined parts to required specifications and quality requirements. Founded in 2016, the company specializes in providing quality steel tube and bar products tailored for the oil and gas industry.

Responsibilities

  • Maintain machined parts to required specs and quality requirements.
  • Fill out production forms and quality control documents.
  • Perform routine inspections ensuring equipment is functioning safely, properly, and efficiently.
  • Assist in production startups and shutdowns.
  • Communicate directly with shift management identifying improvements as needed.
  • Follow production schedule and other related documents necessary to meet customer orders.
  • Comply with all HSE, QMS, and corporate policies at Tube Supply.
  • Perform other duties that may be assigned by management.

Requirements

  • Working knowledge of CNC machining operations, processes, programs and setups.
  • Manual machining experience preferred.
  • Minimum of 2 years of experience as a machine operator.
  • Experience using measuring tools such as calipers and micrometers.
  • G-M code experience a plus.
  • Strong mechanical, mathematical and communication skills.
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How this job compares in Melrose Park, 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 $25–$38/hr across 252 postings with published pay. Put another way, it pays more than about 11% 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 Melrose Park, IL

Melrose Park, IL currently has 7 other active welding openings besides this one, spread across 6 employers. 2 of them were added in the last week. Across Illinois as a whole we're tracking 367 other active welding openings from 265 employers. That's enough local activity to be worth comparing two or three offers before committing. Browse every welding job in Melrose Park, or widen the search to 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 Chicago at $36/hr, Itasca at $36/hr, and Melrose Park at $34/hr. Melrose Park is among them.

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