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Job Description

Overview

The MIG & TIG Welder position in Libertyville, IL offers a 4-day workweek on 2nd shift with opportunities for overtime. The role primarily focuses on MIG welding and provides a competitive pay rate along with a comprehensive benefits package.

Responsibilities

  • Perform MIG welding tasks.
  • Utilize TIG welding as needed.

Requirements

Benefits

Additional Information

  • Location: Libertyville, IL
  • Shift: 2nd Shift — Monday–Thursday, 3:30 PM–2:00 AM
  • Schedule: 4-Day Workweek
  • Overtime Opportunities on Fridays

Employment Type

  • Full-time

Compensation

  • Wage: $25-31 per hour
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How this job compares in Libertyville, IL

Pay in context

At roughly $28/hr, this posting lands within a few percent of the $28/hr median for TIG welder jobs across Illinois, whose middle half runs $26–$28/hr across 26 postings with published pay. Put another way, it pays more than about 85% of the comparable postings we have wage data for. In other words it is a market-rate offer, so benefits, overtime, and shift schedule are where the real difference between this and the next posting on the list shows up.

The local market in Libertyville, IL

This is the only active welding job we're currently tracking in Libertyville, 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 259 other active welding openings from 163 employers. Browse welding jobs across Illinois.

Sterling Engineering 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 (11), 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 $36/hr, Skokie at $33/hr, and Peoria at $31/hr. If you can relocate or commute, that spread is worth factoring in.

What you'll be running

This posting calls for MIG and TIG work. MIG (GMAW) feeds a continuous wire electrode through a shielding-gas nozzle. It lays down metal fast and is forgiving on clean material, which is why it dominates production and light fabrication work. TIG (GTAW) uses a non-consumable tungsten electrode with filler added by hand, giving the operator the most control of any process. It is slow, demanding, and the standard for stainless, aluminum, and anything where the bead has to look as good as it holds.

See all TIG welder openings if you want to compare this against similar roles.

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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. MIG & TIG Welders figures were last recalculated when this page was built.