Back to Jobs

Job Description

Overview

A welding supervisor will coordinate each welder on the projects, monitor the progress of the operations, and ensure the safety of all workers. The supervisor embodies a strong work ethic, positive attitude, good communication skills, can adapt to new environments, is safety driven and can lead & coach a team.

Responsibilities

  • Lead a team in a positive manner.
  • Train on all job functions, blueprint readings, and use of tools and welders.
  • Meet schedules and expectations.
  • Train all team members.
  • Monitor key competencies including productivity, quality, and safety.
  • Troubleshoot issues that arise.
  • Perform other related duties as assigned.

Requirements

  • 2-5 years supervisory experience.
  • Experience with MIG welding.
  • Experience with manual welding equipment.
  • Ability to read blueprints.
  • Good computer skills.
  • Excellent communication skills.
  • Proficient in conflict resolution.
  • Ability to follow direction and create a plan.
Apply for This Position

How this job compares in Watertown, SD

Pay in context

At roughly $38/hr, this posting sits about 51% above the $25/hr median for welding jobs across South Dakota — toward the top of a $23–$26/hr middle band drawn from 34 postings with published pay. Put another way, it pays more than about 100% 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 Watertown, SD

Watertown, SD currently has 7 other active welding openings besides this one, spread across 5 employers. None of them were added in the last week, so this is a slower-moving market. Across South Dakota as a whole we're tracking 51 other active welding openings from 28 employers. That's enough local activity to be worth comparing two or three offers before committing. Browse every welding job in Watertown, or widen the search to South Dakota.

Dakota Bodies currently has 2 other openings live in South Dakota, which is usually a sign of either steady growth or steady turnover — worth asking which in the interview.

The most active employers in South Dakota at the moment, by number of open welding reqs, are Terex (17), DeGeest Corporation (3), and B & G Industries Inc (2). 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. Watertown 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.

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

Similar openings near Watertown, SD

Pay figures are medians computed from live postings in the Welding Pros index, not from survey data, and they move as employers post. Weld Supervisor figures were last recalculated when this page was built.