Custom Metal Enclosure Builder - Precision MIG Welder

Job Description

Job Description

Ready to Build More Than Just Weld Beads?

Location: Itasca, IL

Pay: $22–$28/hr (up to $30/hr DOE) + significant overtime

Schedule: 1st Shift | 5:00 AM – 4:30 PM typical, Saturdays as needed

Type: Contract-to-Hire with strong long-term potential

• Do you prefer building custom enclosures over repetitive production work?
• Can you read complex mechanical blueprints and hold tight tolerances?
• Are you confident with MIG on both sheet and structural components?
• Up for overtime when projects ramp (up to 60–65 hrs/week)?

• Tackle full-cycle fabrication: layout, fit-up, weld, and final assembly
• Interpret detailed prints for large, engineered assemblies
• Measure precisely with tape, calipers, and micrometers
• Use saws, grinders, and drills to prep and finish components
• Safely operate overhead cranes to position assemblies
• Verify alignment, squareness, and structural integrity

• MIG welding as a core skill (TIG a plus)
• Precision measurement for tight tolerances
• General fab equipment: saws, grinders, drills
• Shop material handling with cranes and related gear

• 3–5+ years in welding/fabrication ; non-production shop experience preferred
• Strong blueprint literacy, ideally with large assemblies
• Mechanical assembly experience (highly preferred)
• A builder’s mindset—hands-on, detail-driven

• Work that matters: custom industrial enclosures for high-profile data centers
• Growth mode: scaling from ~$30M to ~$80M+ in active orders
• Backed by 100+ years of company history, expanding facilities, and weekly new hires
• Mix of indoor and outdoor work keeps projects interesting
• High odds of long-term conversion; many contractors stay beyond 6 months

• One-step onsite
• Fast decisions—usually within 48 hours

Join a confidential, well-established manufacturer doing big things with global tech leaders. Bring your precision MIG skills and help build the enclosures that power the world’s data.