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Job Description

Overview

Komatsu is currently recruiting for a Welder to work at their Virginia, MN location. This position is represented by a union and offers competitive wages along with a comprehensive benefits package.

Responsibilities

  • Proficient at Carbon Arc Gouging
  • Proficient with Oxy/Fuel Torch
  • Understand Weld Symbols
  • Certified Rigging
  • Proficient at Print Reading
  • Proficient at Fitting/Layout
  • Must have experience with a variety of SMAW and FCAW welding electrodes
  • Perform a variety of welding and cutting applications including air arcing
  • Lay out and perform complex repairs with a high level of accuracy and quality
  • Assess equipment repair needs and develop repair processes
  • Troubleshoot, maintain and perform minor repairs to assigned tooling, wire feeders, and welding machines
  • Work in a diverse team environment
  • Ability to use all varieties of precision measuring instruments

Requirements

  • Primary focus on a safe work environment and employing safe work practices
  • Experience in welding and cutting applications
  • Ability to lay out and perform complex repairs
  • Experience in troubleshooting and maintaining welding equipment
  • Ability to work in a diverse team environment
  • Proficiency in using precision measuring instruments

Benefits

  • Hourly Wages
  • Health Insurance
  • 401k
  • PTO
  • Employee discounts
  • Boot, tool and pants reimbursement
  • Disability benefits
  • Life insurance
  • Employee learning and development programs

Additional Information

  • Onsite Position
  • Day Shift
  • Location: Virginia, Minnesota, USA, 55792

Benefits

Hourly Wages
Health Insurance
401k
PTO
Employee discounts
Boot, tool and pants reimbursement
Disability benefits
Life insurance
Employee learning and development programs
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How this job compares in Virginia, MN

Pay in context

At roughly $33/hr, this posting sits about 23% above the $27/hr median for welding jobs across Minnesota — toward the top of a $23–$30/hr middle band drawn from 70 postings with published pay. Put another way, it pays more than about 90% of the comparable postings we have wage data for. Pay that far above local median usually comes attached to something: a harder cert requirement, travel, night shift, or overtime that isn't really optional. Worth establishing which before you accept.

The local market in Virginia, MN

This is the only active welding job we're currently tracking in Virginia, MN, which makes it worth moving on quickly — there is no local competing offer to weigh it against. Across Minnesota as a whole we're tracking 97 other active welding openings from 60 employers. Browse welding jobs across Minnesota.

The most active employers in Minnesota at the moment, by number of open welding reqs, are Minnesota Jobs (9), Express Employment (4), and Lake Air Products (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 Minneapolis at $28/hr and Owatonna at $24/hr. If you can relocate or commute, that spread is worth factoring in.

What you'll be running

This posting calls for Stick and Flux-Core work. Stick (SMAW) burns a flux-coated consumable rod and needs no shielding gas, so it works in wind, rain, and on dirty or rusted steel. That tolerance for bad conditions keeps it the default for field, structural, and repair work. Flux-cored (FCAW) runs a hollow wire filled with flux, combining MIG-like deposition rates with the outdoor tolerance of stick. It is the workhorse on heavy structural steel and shipbuilding, where thick sections and long welds reward speed.

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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. Welder (Day Shift) - Shop figures were last recalculated when this page was built.