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Overview

At S&C Electric Company, a 100% employee-owned company, we empower our people by providing pathways to a long-term career in manufacturing roles that build equipment for the power grid. The Finisher position on the 2nd shift involves coordinating metal finishing functions to ensure smooth operations in a physically demanding production environment.

Responsibilities

  • Identify parts from blueprints to verify proper tagging.
  • Use simple material handling equipment such as powered walking stackers and pallet trucks.
  • Utilize measuring equipment like tape measures.
  • Learn proper grinding procedures to smooth welds and remove scratches.
  • Hang parts weighing up to 200 lbs. on an overhead conveyor.
  • React to system alarms and perform basic sanding procedures.

Requirements

  • High School Diploma.
  • Working knowledge of shop math.
  • Ability to follow specific instructions and procedures.

Benefits

  • Health Insurance
  • Dental
  • Vision
  • PTO
  • 401k

Additional Information

  • Work hours are from 4:00 pm to 2:30 am, Monday to Friday, with overtime on Saturdays.

Benefits

Health Insurance
Dental
Vision
PTO
401k
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How this job compares in Chicago, IL

Pay in context

At roughly $21/hr, this posting comes in about 43% below the $36/hr median for welding jobs in Chicago, IL, where the middle half runs $27–$50/hr across 81 postings with published pay. Put another way, it pays more than about 6% 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 Chicago, IL

We're tracking 111 other active welding openings in Chicago, IL right now, from 77 different employers. 44 of them were added in the last week. Across Illinois as a whole we're tracking 367 other active welding openings from 266 employers. A metro this active generally means you have real leverage — employers here are competing for the same welders. Browse every welding job in Chicago, or widen the search to Illinois.

S&C Electric Company currently has 17 other openings 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 (17), 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. Chicago is among them.

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Pay figures are medians computed from live postings in the Welding Pros index, not from survey data, and they move as employers post. Finisher- 2nd shift figures were last recalculated when this page was built.