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Overview

AGI Hi Roller is seeking an experienced Welder II to join their production team in Sioux Falls, SD, where they manufacture premier commercial enclosed conveyors for grain handling and processing operations. The role involves building top-quality grain conveyors using MIG welding in a modern, climate-controlled facility.

Responsibilities

  • Follow company safety rules in accordance with OSHA regulations.
  • Read and interpret blueprints and machine drawings with minimal supervision.
  • Set up welding unit to obtain amperage, voltage, slope, and pulse for MIG welding.
  • Fabricate complex components with minimal supervision.
  • Inspect own welds for compliance with standards.
  • Position and clamp workpieces together or assemble them in jigs or fixtures.
  • Tack assemblies together.
  • Chip off excess weld, slag, and spatter.
  • Clean or de-grease parts.

Requirements

  • 2-5 years' progressive experience in welding, preferably MIG welding, in a manufacturing environment.
  • Ability to interpret intermediate blueprints.
  • Good understanding of welding safety and symbols.
  • Ability to handle repetitive tasks.
  • Ability to lift and maneuver 55 pounds repeatedly.
  • Ability to read and use tape measures.

Benefits

  • 401k
  • PTO

Additional Information

  • Position is for Day Shift.
  • Located in Sioux Falls, SD.

Benefits

401k
PTO
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How this job compares in Sioux Falls, SD

Pay in context

This employer didn't publish a rate. For reference, welding jobs across South Dakota currently run a median of $25/hr in our index, with the middle half of them falling between $25–$26/hr across 31 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 Sioux Falls, SD

We're tracking 14 other active welding openings in Sioux Falls, SD right now, from 8 different employers. 2 of them were added in the last week. Across South Dakota as a whole we're tracking 48 other active welding openings from 22 employers. A metro this active generally means you have real leverage — employers here are competing for the same welders. Browse every welding job in Sioux Falls, or widen the search to South Dakota.

The most active employers in South Dakota at the moment, by number of open welding reqs, are Terex (17), Maguire (4), and DeGeest Corporation (3). Volume like that usually means either a genuine expansion or a staffing agency working several client sites — worth knowing which before you apply.

Within South Dakota, the best-paying metros we track by median hourly rate are Huron at $26/hr, Watertown at $24/hr, and Sioux Falls at $23/hr. Sioux Falls is among them.

What you'll be running

This posting calls for MIG. 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.

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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 II figures were last recalculated when this page was built.