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Job Description

Overview

This skilled role is responsible for welding various metal structures and components. The welder will work with aluminum and steel to produce high-quality welds according to blueprints, drawings, and specifications.

Responsibilities

  • Read and follow blueprints, drawings, and specifications to determine welding requirements.
  • Set up components for welding according to specifications.
  • Align components using fixtures, rulers etc. and clamp pieces.
  • Weld components using manual or semi-automatic welding equipment in various positions (vertical or horizontal).
  • Inspect welded surfaces and structure for accuracy, completeness, and quality assurance.
  • Operate grinder as necessary.
  • Follow safety procedures and protocols to ensure a safe work environment.
  • Collaborate with team members and supervisors to meet production goals and deadlines.
  • Maintain a clean and organized work area.

Requirements

  • Proven experience as a welder, preferably in a manufacturing environment.
  • Proficient in various welding processes and techniques, specifically the MIG process.
  • Experience with both steel and aluminum welding.
  • High school diploma or equivalent; technical training or certification is a plus.

Benefits

  • 401k
  • Health Insurance
  • Dental
  • PTO

Additional Info

  • Work Location: In person

Benefits

401k
Health Insurance
Dental
PTO
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How this job compares in Crystal Lake, IL

Pay in context

At roughly $26/hr, this posting comes in about 18% below the $31/hr median for welding jobs across Illinois, where the middle half runs $26–$41/hr across 184 postings with published pay. Put another way, it pays more than about 23% 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 Crystal Lake, IL

This is the only active welding job we're currently tracking in Crystal Lake, 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 242 other active welding openings from 145 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 (12), S&C Electric Company (9), and Crash Champions (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, Elk Grove Village at $34/hr, and Bedford Park at $30/hr. If you can relocate or commute, that spread is worth factoring in.

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.

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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. Welder - Second Shift figures were last recalculated when this page was built.