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Overview

Join Nordic Solutions as a Traveling Precision Grinding Specialist, where you will operate OD/ID grinders and help manufacturers achieve micron-level accuracy while traveling nationwide for assignments.

Responsibilities

  • Set up and operate OD, ID, and cylindrical CNC and manual grinding equipment.
  • Produce one-off, prototype, and low-volume parts with tight dimensional control and refined surface finishes.
  • Select, dress, and maintain wheels to meet demanding process and finish requirements.
  • Troubleshoot grinding processes and correct dimensional or surface quality deviations.
  • Work confidently with hardened steels, exotic alloys, and high-alloy materials.
  • Read and interpret blueprints, GD&T, and engineering specifications.
  • Perform meticulous in-process and final inspection with precision metrology tools.

Requirements

  • 5+ years hands-on OD/ID or cylindrical grinding experience, with manual experience strongly preferred.
  • Proven ability to independently set up, run, and dial-in grinding operations.
  • Expertise holding tight tolerances and achieving demanding finishes.
  • Fluency in blueprint reading and GD&T; strong shop math skills.
  • Proficiency with precision inspection instruments (micrometers, bore gages, indicators, etc.).
  • Problem-solver who adapts quickly to new machines, processes, and shop environments.
  • Willing to work nights, weekends, and overtime as needed.
  • Comfortable traveling nationwide.

Benefits

  • Health Insurance
  • Dental

Additional Information

  • Location: Nationwide (extensive travel required)
  • Duration: 6+ month assignments with ongoing opportunities
  • Compensation: $40+/hour (DOE), $125–$180/day per diem, and $0.76/mile mileage reimbursement

Benefits

Health Insurance
Dental
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How this job compares in Chicago, IL

Pay in context

At roughly $40/hr, this posting lands within a few percent of the $38/hr median for welding jobs in Chicago, IL, whose middle half runs $30–$50/hr across 79 postings with published pay. Put another way, it pays more than about 62% of the comparable postings we have wage data for. In other words it is a market-rate offer, so benefits, overtime, and shift schedule are where the real difference between this and the next posting on the list shows up.

The local market in Chicago, IL

We're tracking 108 other active welding openings in Chicago, IL right now, from 62 different employers. 50 of them were added in the last week. Across Illinois as a whole we're tracking 368 other active welding openings from 212 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.

NordicWorkflow ApS 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 (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. Chicago is among them.

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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. Traveling Precision Cylindrical Grinding Specialist (OD/ID, CNC & Manual) figures were last recalculated when this page was built.