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Job Description

Overview

The Furnace Operator at G&W Electric is responsible for regulating furnace temperatures and managing the metal pouring process. G&W Electric is a global leader in engineered electrical power grid solutions, focused on employee success and innovation.

Responsibilities

  • Regulate the temperature of the furnace and charge a mixture of gates, scrap, and ingot in the correct proportions.
  • Add necessary fluxes and master alloys to each heat.
  • Degas metal as required and test for presence of gas in molten metal.
  • Remove molten metal from the furnace when at proper pouring temperature.
  • Record temperature and treatment additions for quality control.
  • Remove slag from molten metal and transport ladles of metal to the molding line.
  • Pour metal into molds at the proper height and rate.

Requirements

  • Has math, computer, and communication skills.
  • Must understand and follow verbal and written instructions in English.
  • Holds a High School diploma, GED, or equivalent work experience.
  • Ideally has experience in a manufacturing environment, preferably in a foundry.

Benefits

  • Health Insurance
  • Dental
  • Vision
  • Short and Long-Term Disability
  • Life Insurance
  • 401k
  • Annual Profit Sharing
  • Vacation

Additional Information

  • Work schedule is from 5:00am to 1:30pm.

Benefits

Health Insurance
Dental
Vision
Short and Long-Term Disability
Life Insurance
401k
Annual Profit Sharing
Vacation
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How this job compares in Blue Island, IL

Pay in context

At roughly $20/hr, this posting comes in about 37% below the $32/hr median for welding jobs across Illinois, where the middle half runs $27–$39/hr across 263 postings with published pay. Put another way, it pays more than about 4% 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 Blue Island, IL

Blue Island, IL currently has 5 other active welding openings besides this one, spread across 3 employers. None of them were added in the last week, so this is a slower-moving market. Across Illinois as a whole we're tracking 367 other active welding openings from 238 employers. That's enough local activity to be worth comparing two or three offers before committing. Browse every welding job in Blue Island, or widen the search to Illinois.

G&W Electric Co. currently has 2 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 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. Furnace Operator (5:00am to 1:30pm) MBAF figures were last recalculated when this page was built.