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Overview

D&S Manufacturing is seeking to expand their Weld Department in Black River Falls, WI. The company is 100% employee-owned and offers various benefits including health insurance, a 401k plan, and a competitive paid time off plan.

Responsibilities

  • Perform welding operations on a standard and repetitive line of weldments and structures following prescribed procedures.
  • Adjust and regulate machines to obtain best possible penetration, fill, weld quality and performance.
  • Fit and position weldments using welding fixtures and jigs or without fixtures if applicable.
  • Ensure dimensional and alignment requirements are met.
  • Use basic welding fundamentals and certification in GMAW.
  • Utilize tools such as rules, squares, protractors, templates, and fixed gauges.
  • Work is subject to process and final inspection and test.

Requirements

  • Completion of D&S Manufacturing Quality System ISO Procedures.
  • Completion of D&S Manufacturing Department ISO Procedures.
  • Basic Weld Training class.
  • Weld Process Test.
  • Weld Symbols Test.
  • Welder Qualification Test GM-090.
  • High school diploma or GED; or one to three months related experience and/or training.
  • Work experience or training demonstrating knowledge of welding principles and techniques.
  • One year technical college diploma or certificate in welding preferred but not required.

Benefits

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

Additional Information

  • 2nd Shift/Full-Time: Monday through Thursday - 3:15 pm to 1:15 am.
  • Location: Black River Falls, WI.

Benefits

Health Insurance
Dental
Vision
PTO
401k
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How this job compares in Black River Falls, WI

Pay in context

At roughly $26/hr, this posting lands within a few percent of the $26/hr median for welding jobs across Wisconsin, whose middle half runs $22–$30/hr across 115 postings with published pay. Put another way, it pays more than about 61% of the comparable postings we have wage data for. In other words it is a market-rate offer, so benefits, overtime, and shift schedule are where the real difference between this and the next posting on the list shows up.

The local market in Black River Falls, WI

This is the only active welding job we're currently tracking in Black River Falls, WI, which makes it worth moving on quickly — there is no local competing offer to weigh it against. Across Wisconsin as a whole we're tracking 171 other active welding openings from 117 employers. Browse welding jobs across Wisconsin.

The most active employers in Wisconsin at the moment, by number of open welding reqs, are QPS Employment Group (10), JARP Industries Inc (9), and SEEK Careers/Staffing (5). Volume like that usually means either a genuine expansion or a staffing agency working several client sites — worth knowing which before you apply.

Within Wisconsin, the best-paying metros we track by median hourly rate are Oshkosh at $30/hr, Waukesha at $26/hr, and Hartford at $26/hr. If you can relocate or commute, that spread is worth factoring in.

What you'll be running

This posting calls for Flux-Core. 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 - 2nd Shift figures were last recalculated when this page was built.