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Overview

The Electric Motor Coil Winder position offers opportunities for both experienced technicians and entry-level candidates. Experienced technicians will utilize their knowledge in electric motor repair, while entry-level candidates will receive training in motor stripping and winding processes.

Responsibilities

  • Learn and perform the motor stripping process.
  • Take physical and electrical measurements and verify connections of winding.
  • Strip and remove windings using the Dreisilker MotorSafe method.
  • Insert coils into lamination slots according to connection data.
  • Prepare winding slot insulation by measuring, cutting, folding, and creasing.
  • Assist with dipping, trickling, vacuum pressure, and encapsulation of windings.
  • Inspect windings and coils of electro-mechanical apparatus.
  • Electrically test windings to international standards.
  • Make sample coils in preparation for manufacturing.
  • Manufacture coils using automatic winding machines.
  • Shape winding heads to proper dimension and make electrical connections.
  • Perform basic tests on electric motors.
  • Perform service calls as requested.

Requirements

  • High School diploma or GED required.
  • 3-5 years experience reading electrical schematics preferred.
  • Electrical or mechanical aptitude needed.

Benefits

  • Health Insurance
  • Dental
  • STD
  • LTD
  • Life Insurance
  • 401k
  • PTO

Benefits

Health Insurance
Dental
STD
LTD
Life Insurance
401k
PTO
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How this job compares in Glen Ellyn, IL

Pay in context

At roughly $22/hr, this posting comes in about 31% below the $32/hr median for welding jobs across Illinois, where the middle half runs $27–$39/hr across 265 postings with published pay. Put another way, it pays more than about 8% 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 Glen Ellyn, IL

Glen Ellyn, IL is a small market in our index: 1 other active welding opening alongside this one, from 1 employer. Across Illinois as a whole we're tracking 371 other active welding openings from 241 employers. With this few local postings, most welders here end up either commuting or looking at travel work. Browse welding jobs across Illinois.

Dreisilker Electric Motors Inc. 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 Staff on Site (13), S&C Electric Company (12), and Gerber Collision & Glass (11). 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 $38/hr, Itasca at $36/hr, and Downers Grove at $36/hr. If you can relocate or commute, that spread is worth factoring in.

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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. Electric Motor Coil Winder (Experienced and Entry-Level) figures were last recalculated when this page was built.