Back to Jobs

Job Description

Overview

The Shift MIG Welder is responsible for fabricating and welding metal components according to blueprints and specifications, ensuring quality standards and maintaining a safe work environment. This position is offered by Aerotek, a staffing and services solutions provider in various industries.

Responsibilities

  • Perform MIG welding on parts such as leg stands, cab shields, engine mounts, and light bars.
  • Conduct MIG tack welding to hold steel pieces together before finishing.
  • Execute cosmetic MIG welds for VBOX Hopper Spreaders, including straight line, in position, and out of position welds.
  • Inspect welds visually for quality and adherence to specifications.

Requirements

  • Proficiency in MIG welding on steel and possibly aluminum.
  • Experience welding stainless steel with thickness from 14 gauge to 3/4 inch plate.
  • Ability to read and interpret blueprints, technical drawings, and welding symbols.
  • Fabrication skills including cutting, grinding, and fitting metal parts.
  • Experience using hand tools, power tools, and welding equipment safely and effectively.
  • 2-3 years of experience as a welder in a manufacturing environment or a certificate from a weld trade school.
  • Manual dexterity with steady hands and good hand-eye coordination.
  • Physical stamina to stand for long periods, lift heavy materials, and work in various positions.
  • Safety awareness including knowledge of PPE use and hazard recognition.
  • Attention to detail for precision in measurements and weld quality.
  • Time management skills to meet production deadlines without compromising quality.
  • Teamwork skills for collaborating with other welders, fabricators, and engineers.
  • Problem-solving skills to identify and correct welding or fabrication issues.

Benefits

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

Additional Information

  • Work is on the 1st shift from 5am to 1:30pm, with the expectation to work until 3:30pm.
  • The manufacturing environment reflects outside temperatures, especially in summer.
  • The facility is busy with materials laid out neatly and forklifts operating throughout.

Benefits

Health Insurance
Dental
Vision
401k
PTO
Apply for This Position

How this job compares in Fairdale, IL

Pay in context

At roughly $23/hr, this posting comes in about 32% below the $33/hr median for welding jobs across Illinois, where the middle half runs $28–$40/hr across 241 postings with published pay. Put another way, it pays more than about 8% 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 Fairdale, IL

This is the only active welding job we're currently tracking in Fairdale, 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 338 other active welding openings from 202 employers. Browse welding jobs across Illinois.

Aerotek 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 (14), S&C Electric Company (11), and Venteon (10). 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 $46/hr, Chicago at $37/hr, and Elk Grove Village at $34/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.

See all MIG welder openings if you want to compare this against similar roles.

Similar openings near Fairdale, IL

Pay figures are medians computed from live postings in the Welding Pros index, not from survey data, and they move as employers post. Mig Welder figures were last recalculated when this page was built.