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Overview

H3 Manufacturing is a leading integrated manufacturing solutions provider specializing in precision machining, laser cutting, sheet metal fabrication, complex welding, assembly, surface finishing, painting, and powder coating. The Certified Weld Inspector/Instructor/Engineer is responsible for ensuring all welded products meet customer specifications and developing the welding skills of production employees.

Responsibilities

  • Perform visual weld inspections in accordance with applicable AWS, customer, and internal quality standards.
  • Interpret welding symbols, engineering drawings, specifications, and applicable welding codes.
  • Verify compliance with approved Welding Procedure Specifications (WPS), Procedure Qualification Records (PQR), and Welder Performance Qualifications (WPQ).
  • Identify welding defects, determine root causes, and recommend corrective actions.
  • Document inspection findings and maintain accurate inspection records.
  • Support internal, customer, and third-party quality audits.
  • Collaborate with Engineering, Quality, and Production teams to resolve weld-related quality issues.
  • Assist in dispositioning nonconforming material and implementing corrective actions.
  • Monitor welding processes to ensure consistent quality and process capability.
  • Develop and deliver hands-on welding training for new hires and existing employees.
  • Evaluate welder proficiency and provide coaching to improve technique, quality, and productivity.
  • Conduct welder qualification testing and maintain qualification records.
  • Develop training materials, work instructions, and welding best practices.
  • Identify skill gaps and recommend development plans for welders.
  • Promote proper welding techniques, safety practices, and equipment care.
  • Serve as a technical resource for supervisors and production employees.
  • Develop, qualify, and maintain welding procedures (WPS/PQR) in accordance with applicable codes and standards.
  • Design and optimize welding processes to improve quality, efficiency, and cost.
  • Support Lean Manufacturing initiatives focused on improving welding quality and efficiency.
  • Analyze weld defects and quality trends to reduce scrap and rework.
  • Recommend improvements to fixtures, processes, consumables, and equipment.
  • Participate in new product launches and process validations involving welding operations.
  • Assist with continuous improvement projects related to welding operations and quality systems.

Requirements

  • High school diploma or GED preferred.
  • Current AWS Certified Weld Inspector (CWI) certification is required.
  • Ability to execute and train on 6G Welds is required.
  • Certified Welding Engineer (CWE) is preferred.
  • Minimum of 5 years of welding experience in a manufacturing environment.
  • Strong knowledge of AWS welding codes and standards.
  • Experience interpreting blueprints, welding symbols, and engineering drawings.
  • Knowledge of welding processes including MIG, TIG, FCAW, and GMAW.
  • Experience with welding codes and standards such as AWS D1.1, ASME Section IX, API, ISO.

Benefits

  • 401k
  • Health Insurance
  • Dental
  • Vision
  • PTO

Additional Information

  • Full-time, Day Shift
  • This position requires ITAR compliance and may involve access to technical data controlled under the International Traffic in Arms Regulations (ITAR).
  • Sponsorship is not available now nor in the future.
  • Applicants must be U.S. Persons as defined by ITAR.
  • Regular exposure to machinery, metal materials, and industrial noise.
  • Overtime and occasional weekend work may be required to meet production demands.

Benefits

401k
Health Insurance
Dental
Vision
PTO
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How this job compares in Schaumburg, IL

Pay in context

At roughly $43/hr, this posting sits about 35% above the $32/hr median for welding jobs across Illinois — toward the top of a $27–$39/hr middle band drawn from 247 postings with published pay. Put another way, it pays more than about 83% of the comparable postings we have wage data for. Pay that far above local median usually comes attached to something: a harder cert requirement, travel, night shift, or overtime that isn't really optional. Worth establishing which before you accept.

The local market in Schaumburg, IL

Schaumburg, IL currently has 4 other active welding openings besides this one, spread across 3 employers. 3 of them were added in the last week. Across Illinois as a whole we're tracking 333 other active welding openings from 207 employers. That's enough local activity to be worth comparing two or three offers before committing. Browse every welding job in Schaumburg, or widen the search to Illinois.

H3 Manufacturing Group, LLC 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 (10), and Gerber Collision & Glass (10). 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 $37/hr, Elk Grove Village at $36/hr, and Bedford Park at $33/hr. If you can relocate or commute, that spread is worth factoring in.

What you'll be running

This posting calls for MIG, TIG, and Flux-Core 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.

Certifications this posting mentions

  • 6G — a pipe test welded on a joint fixed at a 45-degree incline. Because the torch has to travel through flat, vertical, and overhead angles in a single pass, passing 6G qualifies you for every position on pipe — which is why it is the ticket that separates pipe welders from plate welders on pay.
  • AWS D1.1 — the American Welding Society's Structural Welding Code for steel. It governs almost all building and structural steel work in the US, so a D1.1 qualification is the baseline credential for construction and ironworking.
  • ASME Section IX — the ASME Boiler and Pressure Vessel Code qualification. It covers welding on pressure-retaining equipment — boilers, vessels, and process piping — where a failed weld is a safety incident rather than a rework ticket.

Read straight from this posting's text. Confirm the exact qualification the employer wants before you test — requirements vary by shop even under the same code.

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