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Job Description

Overview

The Structural Welder position involves following customer specifications and engineering drawings to assemble and weld components. The role requires the use of various welding processes and tools, ensuring quality and precision in the work performed.

Responsibilities

  • Follow customer specifications and engineering drawings to gather materials and weld components.
  • Set up equipment and weld parts together using MIG, gas welding, and arc welding processes.
  • Install specialized parts and components on enclosures and bases using cutting, welding, and grinding tools.
  • Examine welds for appropriate size, quality, and precision.
  • Repair products by dismantling, straightening, reshaping, and rewelding as needed.
  • Operate crane or other lifting equipment to move and position components.
  • Work with engineering staff to clarify information and obtain design changes.
  • Maintain a clean and orderly work area and follow established safety guidelines.
  • Perform additional duties as requested.

Additional Information

  • Full-time position located in Tea, SD.
  • Team environment with majority of work indoors in a winter climate-controlled setting.
  • Opportunity to travel to set up projects at customer sites if desired.
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How this job compares in Tea, 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 $23–$26/hr across 35 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 Tea, SD

This is the only active welding job we're currently tracking in Tea, SD, which makes it worth moving on quickly — there is no local competing offer to weigh it against. Across South Dakota as a whole we're tracking 51 other active welding openings from 27 employers. Browse welding jobs across South Dakota.

The most active employers in South Dakota at the moment, by number of open welding reqs, are Terex (17), DeGeest Corporation (3), and Dakota Bodies (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 $25/hr, and Sioux Falls at $23/hr. If you can relocate or commute, that spread is worth factoring in.

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.

See all structural welder openings if you want to compare this against similar roles.

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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. Structural Welder figures were last recalculated when this page was built.