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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 a manufacturing setting under close supervision.

Responsibilities

  • Communicates information about project status and reviews item status in MRP.
  • Documents non-conformance and dispositions using non-conformance forms.
  • Cleans and maintains measuring instruments and test equipment.
  • Follows all departmental safety rules and regulations.
  • Completes and reviews product paperwork and verifies accuracy.
  • Verifies the 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.

Requirements

  • High school diploma or equivalent required.
  • No related work experience required.
  • Ability to see details clearly to accomplish work tasks safely.
  • 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.

Benefits

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

Additional Information

  • 2nd Shift Hours are 3:00pm-11:30pm CST or 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 35% below the $31/hr median for welding jobs across Illinois, where the middle half runs $27–$40/hr across 276 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 368 other active welding openings from 211 employers. Browse welding jobs across Illinois.

The most active employers in Illinois at the moment, by number of open welding reqs, are Gerber Collision & Glass (18), Staff on Site (13), and Sargent & Lundy (11). 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 Downers Grove at $44/hr, Chicago at $38/hr, and Elk Grove Village at $34/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 Winder _2nd shift(Sensors) figures were last recalculated when this page was built.