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Overview

The Welder performs MIG and TIG welding on metal products while ensuring work meets drawings, specifications, and quality standards. The ideal candidate has strong production welding experience, can read blueprints and welding symbols, and works independently in a fast-paced manufacturing environment with a focus on safety and quality.

Responsibilities

  • Perform MIG, TIG, and other welding operations according to drawings and specifications
  • Set up and operate welding equipment
  • Perform basic fitting, assembly, and grinding
  • Inspect completed assemblies and identify defects or quality issues
  • Maintain production and quality standards
  • Work with team members to resolve production and quality concerns
  • Support continuous improvement and process standardization
  • Maintain a clean and safe work area and follow all safety policies

Requirements

  • AWS Certification preferred
  • 4+ years of production welding experience
  • Proficient in MIG and TIG welding
  • Able to read blueprints, technical drawings, and welding symbols
  • Experience using precision measuring tools
  • Experience with stainless steel, aluminum, and carbon steel preferred
  • Experience with robotic welding, sheet metal fabrication, or laser welding preferred

Benefits

  • 401k
  • Dental
  • Health Insurance
  • Life Insurance
  • Vision

Additional Information

  • 2nd shift available: 4:00PM - 2:00AM Monday through Thursday, occasional OT on Fridays and Saturdays.
  • Pay is $30.00 - $35.00 hourly, based on experience.

Benefits

401k
Dental
Health Insurance
Life Insurance
Vision
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How this job compares in Libertyville, IL

Pay in context

At roughly $33/hr, this posting lands within a few percent of the $31/hr median for welding jobs across Illinois, whose middle half runs $26–$43/hr across 197 postings with published pay. Put another way, it pays more than about 55% 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 Libertyville, IL

Libertyville, IL is a small market in our index: 2 other active welding openings alongside this one, from 2 employers. Across Illinois as a whole we're tracking 260 other active welding openings from 159 employers. With this few local postings, most welders here end up either commuting or looking at travel work. Browse welding jobs across Illinois.

The most active employers in Illinois at the moment, by number of open welding reqs, are Gerber Collision & Glass (16), S&C Electric Company (10), and The Boyd Group LLC (8). 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 Elk Grove Village at $40/hr, Chicago at $39/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 TIG 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. TIG (GTAW) uses a non-consumable tungsten electrode with filler added by hand, giving the operator the most control of any process. It is slow, demanding, and the standard for stainless, aluminum, and anything where the bead has to look as good as it holds.

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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. 2nd Shift Welder figures were last recalculated when this page was built.