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Overview

This entry-level welding position offers an opportunity to start or grow a welding career with a company that values hard work, teamwork, and career advancement. The role involves producing high-quality steel and aluminum components for various applications, with a focus on stability, weekly pay, and long-term growth potential.

Responsibilities

  • Operate MIG welding equipment to produce steel and aluminum parts.
  • Set up welding machines, adjust settings, and replace welding wire and tips as needed.
  • Load and position parts on conveyor lines and designated work areas.
  • Inspect finished products using visual checks, measurements, and blueprints to ensure quality standards are met.
  • Report equipment issues to maintenance or supervisors to minimize downtime.
  • Track daily production output, including part numbers and quantities completed.
  • Use grinders and finishing tools to remove excess weld material and burrs.
  • Monitor material inventory and communicate shortages to supervisors.

Requirements

  • MIG welding experience.
  • Ability to read and interpret blueprints.
  • Experience with flux core welding and fabrication.
  • Welding certification preferred.
  • Previous production welding experience is a plus.
  • Comfortable working in a fast-paced manufacturing environment with multiple workstations.
  • Strong attention to detail and commitment to quality.

Benefits

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

Additional Information

  • This is a Permanent position based out of Crystal Lake, IL.
  • The position is on 2nd Shift (2:00 PM - 10:00 PM), Monday through Friday, with overtime opportunities and occasional Saturday hours available.
  • The pay range for this position is $45760.00 - $49920.00/yr.
  • This position is anticipated to close on Nov 9, 2026.
  • This is a fully onsite position in Crystal Lake, IL.

Benefits

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

Pay in context

At roughly $23/hr, this posting comes in about 26% 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 10% 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 Bull Valley, IL

This is the only active welding job we're currently tracking in Bull Valley, 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 146 employers. Browse welding jobs across Illinois.

Aerotek currently has 4 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 (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 and Flux-Core work. 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. Flux-cored (FCAW) runs a hollow wire filled with flux, combining MIG-like deposition rates with the outdoor tolerance of stick. It is the workhorse on heavy structural steel and shipbuilding, where thick sections and long welds reward speed.

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