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Overview

Woodward is dedicated to creating a positive workplace environment and is focused on attracting top talent to design and deliver energy control solutions. The Coil Winder position involves operating basic machines and performing light assembly in an industrial setting under close supervision.

Responsibilities

  • Communicates project status and updates to others.
  • Documents non-conformance and dispositions using non-conformance forms.
  • Cleans and maintains measuring instruments and test equipment.
  • Follows departmental safety rules and regulations.
  • Completes and reviews product paperwork accurately and timely.
  • Verifies calibration of equipment and expiration dates.
  • Measures specific dimensions according to work instructions.
  • Performs curing process of parts and inspects according to visual requirements.
  • May apply hot dip method or touch up method of stacks and return paths.

Requirements

  • High school diploma or equivalent required.
  • No related work experience required.
  • Ability to see details clearly to accomplish work tasks safely and efficiently.
  • May be required to pass Near Vision and/or Color Vision examinations.
  • Moderate physical activity requiring agility and dexterity.
  • Work performed in an area with moderate risk or discomfort requiring special safety precautions.

Benefits

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

Additional Information

  • 2nd Shift Hours are 4:00pm-12:30am CST
  • 10% Shift Premium
  • All members included in cash bonus opportunity

Benefits

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

Pay in context

At roughly $20/hr, this posting comes in about 37% below the $32/hr median for welding jobs across Illinois, where the middle half runs $28–$40/hr across 249 postings with published pay. Put another way, it pays more than about 2% 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 Niles, IL

This is the only active welding job we're currently tracking in Niles, 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 348 other active welding openings from 209 employers. Browse welding jobs across Illinois.

The most active employers in Illinois at the moment, by number of open welding reqs, are Staff on Site (13), Gerber Collision & Glass (12), and S&C Electric Company (9). 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 $38/hr, Addison at $35/hr, and Skokie at $35/hr. If you can relocate or commute, that spread is worth factoring in.

Similar openings near Niles, IL

Pay figures are medians computed from live postings in the Welding Pros index, not from survey data, and they move as employers post. Coil Winding- 2nd Shift figures were last recalculated when this page was built.