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Overview

Modine has been addressing thermal management challenges for over 100 years, focusing on creating a cleaner and healthier world through innovative heating, cooling, and ventilation solutions. The Refrigerator Pipefitter/Brazer position offers an opportunity to utilize technical skills in brazing and welding, contributing to a strong infrastructure.

Responsibilities

  • Braze according to job specifications, prints and instructions.
  • Perform main weldment for base frames, heat exchanger weldment, and stainless-steel drum assembly.
  • Complete sub assembly weldments including filter racks, coil drain pans, and isolation boxes.
  • Maintain equipment, tools, and work area.
  • Have a voice in implementation of changes in methods or procedures.

Requirements

  • Able to handle 20 gauge to 1/2-inch material: stainless steel, copper, aluminum, hot and cold rolled galvanized steel.
  • Proper use of plasma cutter, band saw, drills, gas torch, MIG welder, TIG welder, spot welder, die, air tools as grinders, tube swedger, impact wrench.
  • Shop courses or equivalent experience helpful.
  • Minimum of 3 years work experience in welding and brazing.

Benefits

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

Additional Information

  • This position is not eligible for any form of sponsorship.
  • Only individuals authorized to work in the United States will be considered for this position.

Benefits

Health Insurance
Dental
Vision
PTO
401k
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How this job compares in Owatonna, MN

Pay in context

This employer didn't publish a rate. For reference, welding jobs across Minnesota currently run a median of $27/hr in our index, with the middle half of them falling between $23–$30/hr across 74 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 Owatonna, MN

Owatonna, MN currently has 5 other active welding openings besides this one, spread across 4 employers. 3 of them were added in the last week. Across Minnesota as a whole we're tracking 96 other active welding openings from 59 employers. That's enough local activity to be worth comparing two or three offers before committing. Browse every welding job in Owatonna, or widen the search to Minnesota.

The most active employers in Minnesota at the moment, by number of open welding reqs, are Minnesota Jobs (9), Express Employment (4), and Aerotek (4). Volume like that usually means either a genuine expansion or a staffing agency working several client sites — worth knowing which before you apply.

Within Minnesota, the best-paying metros we track by median hourly rate are Anoka at $30/hr, Minneapolis at $28/hr, and Saint Paul at $25/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. Refrigerator Pipefitter/Brazer figures were last recalculated when this page was built.