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Overview

Avtec Finishing is seeking an experienced Welder/Fabricator to design, build, modify, and repair custom tooling to support manufacturing operations in New Hope, Minnesota. This role combines custom fabrication, welding, and industrial maintenance to enhance product quality and production efficiency.

Responsibilities

  • Fabricate custom racks, fixtures, jigs, tooling, and production support equipment.
  • Perform welding, cutting, grinding, drilling, fitting, and metal fabrication.
  • Repair and modify existing tooling to support new production requirements.
  • Read and interpret blueprints, work orders, sketches, and technical drawings.
  • Collaborate with Production, Engineering, Maintenance, and Quality to improve tooling and manufacturing efficiency.
  • Inspect completed fabrication to ensure quality, durability, and proper fit.
  • Assist the Maintenance Department with equipment repairs and projects as assigned.
  • Maintain a clean, organized, and safe work area.
  • Follow all company safety procedures, including Lockout/Tagout (LOTO).
  • Participate in continuous improvement initiatives.
  • Perform other duties as assigned.

Requirements

  • Current American Welding Society (AWS) Certification.
  • High School Diploma or GED.
  • Minimum 2 years of fabrication, welding, tool making, rack fabrication, or related manufacturing experience.
  • Ability to read blueprints, schematics, and technical drawings.
  • Ability to read an analog clock and tape measure.
  • Basic math and geometry skills.
  • Strong mechanical aptitude and problem-solving ability.
  • Ability to work independently and as part of a team.
  • Ability to read, write, speak, and understand English.
  • Dependable attendance.
  • Must be a U.S. citizen or otherwise authorized to work in the United States.

Benefits

  • Health Insurance
  • Dental
  • Vision
  • Life Insurance
  • Long-Term Disability
  • 401k
  • PTO

Additional Information

  • Location: Avtec Finishing – New Hope, Minnesota
  • Shift: 1st Shift | Monday-Friday | Approx 7 am - 3 pm + Overtime as Scheduled

Benefits

Health Insurance
Dental
Vision
Life Insurance
Long-Term Disability
401k
PTO
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How this job compares in Brooklyn Park, MN

Pay in context

At roughly $27/hr, this posting lands within a few percent of the $26/hr median for welder fabricator jobs across Minnesota, whose middle half runs $22–$28/hr across 10 postings with published pay. Put another way, it pays more than about 70% 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 Brooklyn Park, MN

This is the only active welding job we're currently tracking in Brooklyn Park, MN, which makes it worth moving on quickly — there is no local competing offer to weigh it against. Across Minnesota as a whole we're tracking 114 other active welding openings from 73 employers. Browse welding jobs across Minnesota.

The most active employers in Minnesota at the moment, by number of open welding reqs, are Aerotek (8), Minnesota Jobs (7), and Lake Air Products (4). Volume like that usually means either a genuine expansion or a staffing agency working several client sites — worth knowing which before you apply.

Within Minnesota, the best-paying metros we track by median hourly rate are Anoka at $31/hr, Minneapolis at $28/hr, and Saint Paul at $25/hr. If you can relocate or commute, that spread is worth factoring in.

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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/Fabricator/ Maintenance Tech - Experienced figures were last recalculated when this page was built.