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Overview

A Leading Automotive Supplier near Chicago, Illinois is seeking a 2nd Shift Welding Engineer to join their Engineering Team. This full-time, permanent position offers competitive compensation, bonus potential, good benefits, paid holidays, and paid vacation, along with a relocation package.

Responsibilities

  • Specify welding equipment, consumables, electrical and mechanical systems, and robotic systems associated with the welding process.
  • Recommend and develop preventative maintenance procedures for all plant welding equipment including robotic systems.
  • Evaluate processes and procedures to maintain or improve weld parameters and efficiency.
  • Design, develop, and test welding methods, materials, processes, and results.
  • Assist Quality Assurance in maintaining weld integrity and interface with manufacturing and maintenance to resolve welding issues.
  • Participate in root cause analysis and team problem-solving activities.

Requirements

  • Bachelor’s Degree in weld/robotics engineering or equivalent, CWI, CWE.
  • Minimum three years of related technical, hands-on experience in manual and automated welding or joining processes.
  • Working knowledge of MIG welding processes.
  • Knowledge in robotic welding and programming, and material handling applications.
  • Understanding of electrical/controls circuitry and schematics.
  • Knowledge of AutoCAD and weld drawings.
  • Knowledge of NEC, OSHA, and machine safety, electrical safety, robotic safety, and machine guarding components.
  • Familiarity with weld power source, wire feeder, torch, and reamer.
  • Experience with plasma cutting, grinding, and rework applications.
  • Knowledge of weld shielding gas technologies.
  • Understanding of electrical enclosures and power requirements for welding.
  • Computer literacy and good knowledge of Microsoft Office software.
  • Ability to work well with others in a team environment.

Benefits

  • Health Insurance
  • PTO

Additional Information

  • This position is for the 2nd shift.

Benefits

Health Insurance
PTO
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How this job compares in Chicago, IL

Pay in context

This employer didn't publish a rate. For reference, welding jobs in Chicago, IL currently run a median of $39/hr in our index, with the middle half of them falling between $30–$50/hr across 70 postings with published pay. That median is a reasonable floor to anchor on when a recruiter asks what you're looking for.

The local market in Chicago, IL

We're tracking 91 other active welding openings in Chicago, IL right now, from 51 different employers. 32 of them were added in the last week. Across Illinois as a whole we're tracking 352 other active welding openings from 206 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.

Venteon 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 Gerber Collision & Glass (17), Staff on Site (13), and S&C Electric Company (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 $39/hr, Elk Grove Village at $34/hr, and Franklin Park at $33/hr. Chicago is among them.

What you'll be running

This posting calls for MIG. 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.

Certifications this posting mentions

  • CWI — the AWS Certified Welding Inspector credential. It is an inspection qualification rather than a welding one, requiring documented experience plus a three-part exam, and it is the usual route off the torch into QC.

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.

Similar openings near Chicago, IL

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