Field Maintenance/Repair Welder - Traveling
Location
Sioux Falls, SD
Posted on August 17, 2026
Location
Sioux Falls, SD
Posted on August 17, 2026
For over 100 years, Maguire has been an industry leader in the fabrication, construction, and maintenance of water storage tanks and elevated water towers. The Field Maintenance/Repair Welder will perform on-site welding and fabrication of elevated water towers, requiring extensive travel and a strong commitment to safety and quality workmanship.
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.
We're tracking 14 other active welding openings in Sioux Falls, SD right now, from 11 different 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. 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.
Maguire currently has 1 other opening 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 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. Sioux Falls is among them.
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. Field Maintenance/Repair Welder - Traveling figures were last recalculated when this page was built.