Job Description

Overview

The Assembler I follows process sheets, drawings, and quality specifications to assemble and test mechanical seals and aerospace subassemblies at Enpro, a leading industrial technology company focused on critical applications across various end-markets.

Responsibilities

  • Perform all assemblies, sub-assemblies or completion of components as assigned.
  • Carry out Acceptance Test Procedures (ATP) such as load, vacuum, and flow checks on mechanical seals and various assemblies using prescribed measuring instruments, equipment, and testing devices.
  • Rework products including replacement of components, lapping, polishing, and cleaning to achieve acceptance requirements.
  • Perform part identification process utilizing laser, electro-chemical etching, vibro peening or stamping.
  • Work from assembly drawings and specifications.
  • Recognize defective or damaged parts, incorrect sizes, faulty workmanship, etc.
  • Complete first piece inspection reports as required per routing.
  • Use assembly fixtures, hand, and hydraulic press, etc., as required by type of assembly.
  • Ensure parts are clean prior to assembly and operate an ultrasonic cleaning unit when necessary.
  • Package finished assemblies in compliance with instructions detailed on process routing or computer database.
  • Perform Shipping & Receiving duties making necessary transactions in EPR System when required.
  • Complete additional duties assigned by supervisor.

Requirements

  • High school diploma or GED.
  • Prior experience in assembly is a plus.
  • Ability to correctly interpret process routings, process specifications, drawings dimensions and views.
  • Understanding to obtain help for more complex Geometric Dimensioning and Tolerancing (GD&T) callouts on the drawing.
  • Basic tool and mechanical aptitude.
  • Ability to perform basic shop math.

Benefits

  • Health Insurance
  • Dental
  • Vision
  • 401k

Benefits

Health Insurance
Dental
Vision
401k

How this job compares in Harwood Heights, IL

Pay in context

At roughly $23/hr, this posting comes in about 24% below the $31/hr median for welding jobs across Illinois, where the middle half runs $25–$38/hr across 249 postings with published pay. Put another way, it pays more than about 21% 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 Harwood Heights, IL

This is the only active welding job we're currently tracking in Harwood Heights, 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 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.

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