Laborup

Industrial Welder and Setup Operator

Laborup  •  $30 - $38/hr  •  Rockford, IL (Onsite)  •  2 hours ago
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Job Description

We're partnering with a well-established, industry-leading manufacturer seeking an experienced Industrial Welder / Setup Operator to join its second-shift team.

This is an excellent opportunity for welders who enjoy challenging setups, complex industrial components, precision fabrication, and taking ownership of their work. You'll join a stable, highly respected manufacturing operation offering competitive union wages, excellent benefits, and long-term career opportunities.

We're looking for skilled welders who can do more than simply run repetitive welds. You should be comfortable independently reading blueprints, preparing and fitting components, setting up welding equipment, selecting filler materials, and producing high-quality welds to demanding specifications.

Compensation & Schedule

  • Starting Pay: $30–$38/hr (estimated based on tenure and experience)
  • Shift: Monday–Friday, 3:00 PM–11:30 PM
  • Training: Initial training completed on 1st shift
  • Overtime: Opportunities may be available

Responsibilities:

  • Set up and operate manual, semi-automatic, and automatic welding equipment.
  • Perform arc and gas welding on complex industrial components and assemblies.
  • Read and interpret blueprints, engineering drawings, welding symbols, and welding procedure specifications (WPS).
  • Independently plan, lay out, fit, tack, and weld components.
  • Perform welding in multiple positions as required.
  • Select filler metals and adjust welding parameters to control distortion and shrinkage.
  • Set up fixtures, jigs, positioning equipment, and workholding devices.
  • Perform cutting, grinding, trimming, and finishing operations.
  • Maintain tight dimensional tolerances and meet established welding quality standards.
  • Inspect completed welds and identify potential defects.
  • Troubleshoot welding setups, equipment, and fabrication challenges.
  • Work with ferrous and non-ferrous materials.

Requirements

  • Previous hands-on industrial welding experience.
  • Strong experience with welding setups, fit-up, and fabrication.
  • Ability to independently read blueprints and welding specifications.
  • Experience performing welding in multiple positions.
  • Understanding of welding procedures, filler metals, and distortion control.
  • Comfortable using precision measuring instruments, including calipers and micrometers.
  • Strong mechanical aptitude and troubleshooting ability.
  • Ability to work independently with minimal supervision.
  • High school diploma or GED required; technical welding training preferred.

Benefits

  • Medical benefits beginning Day One
  • 401(k) with company match
  • Paid vacation and holidays
  • Competitive union wages and job stability
  • Opportunities for overtime
  • Long-term advancement and skill development
  • Stable, established manufacturing environment
Laborup

About Laborup

Laborup is the #1 AI powered talent platform for America’s industrial workforce. We use AI to create jobs, not take them away. We help HR and plant leaders hire and keep the skilled workers who keep plants running: machinists, welders, maintenance techs, operators, industrial electricians, and engineers. USA Today called us the “LinkedIn for blue collar workers,” and Forbes profiled our work in “How AI Is Solving America’s 1 Trillion Dollar Manufacturing Labor Crisis.”

Today we work with manufacturers from 50 person shops to large public companies with tens of thousands of employees, and the story is the same everywhere. It is hard to find talent, hard to keep good people, and staffing costs keep rising. In a market where filling critical industrial roles can take months and turnover is constant, Laborup helps teams move qualified workers from first contact to on site interview in days instead of weeks and keep them on the floor longer.

Most of the workers our customers need are not on LinkedIn or the usual job boards. Laborup uses AI to find this hidden workforce, call and text them, screen and qualify them, build real profiles, and match them directly to the plants and roles where they can succeed. For workers, that means real, permanent roles at serious manufacturers, not one off gigs. For companies, it is durable infrastructure for hiring and retention at scale in a labor market that will stay tight for years.

We work across nuclear, defense, and advanced manufacturing, as well as sectors like aerospace, automotive, and food production. Teams that use Laborup hire 5 to 10 times faster, see around 3 times better retention, and cut cost per hire by up to 50 to 70 percent. That turns into fewer empty shifts, fewer missed orders, more stable teams, and more capacity without more headache.

We are building the modern talent system for America’s industrial base with a simple long term goal: put a billion industrial workers to work in good jobs that matter.

Industry
Retail & Ecommerce
Company Size
11-50 employees
Headquarters
Knoxville
Year Founded
Unknown
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