**Job Title: Welder** **Job Description** Join our team as a Welder, where you will utilize your skills in welding to form arcs, melt, and deposit metal to join edges of work pieces. This role involves guiding electrodes or guns along weld lines, maintaining precision to achieve the desired depth of fusion and bead size. You will also perform welding in various positions such as flat, horizontal, vertical, or overhead, and ensure welds meet specific quality standards. **Responsibilities** + Manually guide electrode or gun along weld line, maintaining arc length and speed. + Examine welds for bead size and other specifications. + Apply filler rod manually to supply weld metal. + Clean or degrease weld joints or work pieces. + Repair broken or cracked parts and fill holes. + Prepare broken parts for welding by grooving or scarfing surfaces. + Chip off excess weld, slag, and spatter. + Preheat work pieces with a hand torch or heating furnace. + Position and clamp work pieces together or assemble them in jigs or fixtures. + Tack assemblies together. **Essential Skills** + Experience with blueprints (preferred). + MIG welding experience (1+ years manually welding). + Basic understanding of welding fundamentals. + Experience with stainless, mild, or carbon steel. + Positive attendance history. **Additional Skills & Qualifications** + Experience working in a manufacturing environment. + Eagerness to learn. + Experience with hand/power tools. + Comfortable working in a non-temperature controlled environment. + Open to overtime. + 1st shift availability. **Why Work Here?** Become part of a family-owned company with locations in Illinois and Michigan, renowned as an industry leader in stationary and telescopic seating manufacturing. We offer opportunities for internal promotion, allowing you to grow and advance within the company. **Work Environment** Work in a medium-sized, relatively clean facility that is not temperature-controlled, which can get very hot in the summer. The environment is equipped with necessary tools and equipment for welding and assembly tasks. **Job Type & Location** This is a Contract position based out of Altamont, Illinois. **Pay and Benefits** The pay range for this position is $19.00 - $23.00/hr. Eligibility requirements apply to some benefits and may depend on your job classification and length of employment. Benefits are subject to change and may be subject to specific elections, plan, or program terms. If eligible, the benefits available for this temporary role may include the following: • Medical, dental & vision • Critical Illness, Accident, and Hospital • 401(k) Retirement Plan – Pre-tax and Roth post-tax contributions available • Life Insurance (Voluntary Life & AD&D for the employee and dependents) • Short and long-term disability • Health Spending Account (HSA) • Transportation benefits • Employee Assistance Program • Time Off/Leave (PTO, Vacation or Sick Leave) **Workplace Type** This is a fully onsite position in Altamont,IL. **Application Deadline** This position is anticipated to close on Jul 1, 2025. **About Aerotek:** We know that finding work is hard, and finding meaningful work is harder. Aerotek connects 180,000+ light industrial and skilled trades workers with 14,000+ employers each year, helping our workers navigate an evolving labor market and find jobs that meets their goals, skills and interests. Since 1983, we have provided a variety of career opportunities across North American industry – from short-term assignments at Fortune 500 companies where you can build your skills, to long-term opportunities where you can play a vital role solving for companies’ construction, manufacturing and maintenance challenges. Our 1,500+ experienced recruiters across 250+ offices work relentlessly to put our workforce in a position to thrive. Let us rise to meet your challenges and put our people-are everything spirit to the test as your career continues to grow. Aerotek offers weekly pay, employee benefits including medical, dental & vision, life insurance, health advocacy and employee assistance programs, a 401(k) plan, and employee discounts. The company is an equal opportunity employer and will consider all applications without regards to race, sex, age, color, religion, national origin, veteran status, disability, sexual orientation, gender identity, genetic information or any characteristic protected by law.