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Overview

Scot Forge is a 100% employee-owned company seeking skilled Welders to join their manufacturing team on 2nd Shift. The position involves supporting the production and repair of custom forged products and tooling used in demanding applications, with a focus on safety, quality, and continuous improvement.

Responsibilities

  • Perform MIG, TIG, Stick, Submerged Arc, and other welding processes.
  • Weld and repair ferrous and non-ferrous materials to engineering and quality requirements.
  • Review blueprints, shop orders, and welding procedures to determine proper welding methods.
  • Perform material removal and repair activities, including air arcing and defect removal.
  • Assist with fixture fabrication and tooling repairs.
  • Support inspection and quality verification activities.
  • Operate furnaces and material handling equipment as required.
  • Use precision measuring tools to verify dimensions and weld quality.

Requirements

  • Welding certificate, associate degree, equivalent experience, or a minimum of five years of relevant welding experience.
  • At least one year of metal fabrication experience.
  • Ability to read and interpret blueprints, drawings, and welding procedures.
  • Strong communication skills and ability to work independently or within a team.
  • Experience using common fabrication and measuring tools.
  • Ability to wear a respirator for extended periods when required.

Benefits

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

Additional Information

  • 2nd Shift: 3:00 PM - 1:00 AM
  • 10% Shift Premium
  • Pre-employment requirements include hair follicle drug screen, background check, and ability test including lifting up to 65 pounds.

Benefits

401k
Health Insurance
Dental
Vision
PTO
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How this job compares in Spring Grove, IL

Pay in context

This employer didn't publish a rate. For reference, TIG welder jobs across Illinois currently run a median of $28/hr in our index, with the middle half of them falling between $26–$30/hr across 8 postings with published pay. That median is a reasonable floor to anchor on when a recruiter asks what you're looking for.

The local market in Spring Grove, IL

This is the only active welding job we're currently tracking in Spring Grove, 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 331 other active welding openings from 199 employers. Browse welding jobs across Illinois.

Scot Forge currently has 1 other opening 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 (17), S&C Electric Company (11), and Venteon (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, Downers Grove at $36/hr, and Addison at $36/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. Welder (MIG, TIG, Stick & More) figures were last recalculated when this page was built.