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Job Description

Overview

The Welder position is for the 2nd shift at a manufacturing facility in Libertyville, IL. The role involves performing MIG and TIG welding on components and assemblies, with opportunities for overtime on Fridays.

Responsibilities

  • Perform production MIG welding on manufactured components and assemblies.
  • Perform TIG welding as needed based on production requirements.
  • Read and interpret basic welding specifications, drawings, and work instructions.

Requirements

Benefits

Additional Information

  • Location: Libertyville, IL 60048
  • Shift: 2nd Shift — Monday–Thursday, 3:30 PM–2:00 AM
  • Schedule: 4-Day Workweek
  • Overtime Opportunities on Fridays
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How this job compares in Libertyville, IL

Pay in context

At roughly $30/hr, this posting lands within a few percent of the $29/hr median for welding jobs across Illinois, whose middle half runs $25–$37/hr across 199 postings with published pay. Put another way, it pays more than about 51% 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

Libertyville, IL is a small market in our index: 2 other active welding openings alongside this one, from 2 employers. Across Illinois as a whole we're tracking 271 other active welding openings from 166 employers. With this few local postings, most welders here end up either commuting or looking at travel work. Browse welding jobs across Illinois.

Sterling Engineering, 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 S&C Electric Company (14), Gerber Collision & Glass (14), and Staff on Site (13). 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 $29/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.

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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 figures were last recalculated when this page was built.