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Overview

Premier Global Links LLC is seeking an experienced Production Supervisor to lead daily manufacturing operations with primary responsibility for the Welding Department. This role oversees MIG, TIG, and robotic welding operations while ensuring production schedules, quality standards, safety requirements, and delivery goals are consistently achieved.

Responsibilities

  • Lead daily manufacturing operations in the Welding Department.
  • Oversee MIG, TIG, and robotic welding operations.
  • Ensure production schedules are met.
  • Maintain quality standards in production.
  • Enforce safety requirements.
  • Achieve delivery goals consistently.

Requirements

  • Strong welding knowledge.
  • Production supervision experience.
  • Hands-on manufacturing leadership skills.

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How this job compares in Chicago, IL

Pay in context

At roughly $24/hr, this posting comes in about 33% below the $36/hr median for welding jobs in Chicago, IL, where the middle half runs $28–$50/hr across 56 postings with published pay. Put another way, it pays more than about 9% 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 Chicago, IL

We're tracking 67 other active welding openings in Chicago, IL right now, from 33 different employers. 4 of them were added in the last week. Across Illinois as a whole we're tracking 271 other active welding openings from 166 employers. A metro this active generally means you have real leverage — employers here are competing for the same welders. Browse every welding job in Chicago, or widen the search to Illinois.

Premier Global Links LLC 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. Chicago is among them.

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. Welding Production Supervisor figures were last recalculated when this page was built.