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Overview

As a Welder I, you will be responsible for setting up and operating welding equipment to perform difficult welding operations on a variety of metals and alloys. This role involves assembling and welding complicated subassemblies and assemblies that require high strength, pressure, and aesthetic considerations.

Responsibilities

  • Set up and operate welding equipment and atmospheric control equipment.
  • Perform difficult welding operations on a wide range of metals and alloys.
  • Assemble, align, square up, and tack weld complicated subassemblies and assemblies.

Requirements

Benefits

Additional Information

  • Work schedule is from 5:00am to 1:30pm on the 1st shift.
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How this job compares in Bolingbrook, IL

Pay in context

At roughly $25/hr, this posting comes in about 16% below the $30/hr median for welding jobs across Illinois, where the middle half runs $26–$36/hr across 199 postings with published pay. Put another way, it pays more than about 24% 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 Bolingbrook, IL

Bolingbrook, IL currently has 6 other active welding openings besides this one, spread across 2 employers. 2 of them were added in the last week. Across Illinois as a whole we're tracking 257 other active welding openings from 162 employers. That's enough local activity to be worth comparing two or three offers before committing. Browse every welding job in Bolingbrook, or widen the search to Illinois.

G&W Electric Co 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.

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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. Welder I (5:00am to 1:30pm) 1st shift figures were last recalculated when this page was built.