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Job Description

Overview

The Robot Welder Operator position involves operating robotic welding equipment in a manufacturing environment. This role requires a welding certificate or relevant experience and offers a pay rate between $20.00 and $25.00 per hour.

Responsibilities

Requirements

  • 1–2-year welding certificate from college or technical school AND/OR 1-2 years prior welding experience in a manufacturing environment.
  • Strong math skills.
  • Visual inspection skills.
  • Computer literacy.

Benefits

Additional Information

  • Location: Delano, MN
  • Schedule: 1st Shift Monday-Thursday 6AM-3:30PM & Friday 6AM-10AM.
  • Overtime is required when needed, schedules may vary.
  • Position Type: Temp to Hire.
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How this job compares in Delano, MN

Pay in context

At roughly $23/hr, this posting comes in about 17% below the $27/hr median for welding jobs across Minnesota, where the middle half runs $23–$30/hr across 89 postings with published pay. Put another way, it pays more than about 20% of the comparable postings we have wage data for. That gap is worth raising directly — in a market this size there is normally room to negotiate toward the median, particularly if you already hold the certifications the posting asks for.

The local market in Delano, MN

Delano, MN is a small market in our index: 2 other active welding openings alongside this one, from 2 employers. Across Minnesota as a whole we're tracking 114 other active welding openings from 74 employers. With this few local postings, most welders here end up either commuting or looking at travel work. Browse welding jobs across Minnesota.

Award Staffing currently has 3 other openings live in Minnesota, which is usually a sign of either steady growth or steady turnover — worth asking which in the interview.

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. Robot Welder Operator - 1st Shift figures were last recalculated when this page was built.