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Innova Industries

Production Welder- 1st shift

Location

Fergus Falls, MN

Wage

$19 – $25/hr

Employment Type

Full-time

Required Skills & Certifications

MIG WeldingTIG WeldingFlux-Core Welding
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Posted on September 1, 2026

Job Description

Overview

The Production Welder is responsible for welding parts to meet customer orders and quality standards. This position requires advanced welding skills and the ability to work in a fast-paced production environment.

Responsibilities

  • Performs complex welds that meet and exceed customer expectations.
  • Follows instruction and direction of supervisor and/or lead.
  • Maintains safe and orderly work area.
  • Proficiently reads and follows blue print directions and asks questions when uncertain.
  • Sets and adjusts welding equipment to comply with customer specifications and weld procedures.
  • Creates weldments using both simple and complex jigs and fixtures.
  • Assists in set up and the staging of components to provide maximum production efficiencies.
  • Accurately documents production information as required.
  • Follows all policies and procedures to provide for the highest level of safety and productivity.
  • Maintains all departmental equipment to ensure maximum production efficiency.
  • Safely and efficiently performs other tasks as required or assigned.
  • Follows or maintains maintenance per schedule and reports to supervisor.
  • Reports all tool malfunctions to supervisor or lead.

Requirements

  • High School Diploma or GED equivalent.
  • Minimum of 3 years welding in a production environment preferred.
  • Must be able to work in a fast paced and detail oriented production/manufacturing environment.
  • Advanced welding skills and experience.
  • Good forklift skills.
  • Strong math and metric conversion skills.
  • Proficiency in blue print reading and weld symbol recognition.
  • Good interplant customer service skills.
  • Ability to work both independently and in a team environment.
  • Proficient in reading, understanding and interpreting measuring tools and devices.
  • Good oral and written communication skills.
  • Self-motivated.
  • MIG Welding experience required.
  • Flux Core Welding preferred.
  • TIG Welding helpful.
  • Using Measuring Tools required.
  • Blueprint Reading required.
  • Welding Symbols knowledge required.
  • Using Setup Sheets.
  • Scanning Work Orders.

Additional Information

  • 1st shift: Monday- Thursday 6:00am- 3:30pm, Friday 6:00am- 10:00am.
  • Reports to: Technical Supervisor.
  • Status: Non-Exempt.
  • Supervision Responsibility: None.

Benefits

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How this job compares in Fergus Falls, MN

Pay in context

At roughly $22/hr, this posting comes in about 19% below the $27/hr median for welding jobs across Minnesota, where the middle half runs $23–$30/hr across 73 postings with published pay. Put another way, it pays more than about 15% 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 Fergus Falls, MN

This is the only active welding job we're currently tracking in Fergus Falls, 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 96 other active welding openings from 59 employers. Browse welding jobs across Minnesota.

The most active employers in Minnesota at the moment, by number of open welding reqs, are Minnesota Jobs (9), Express Employment (4), and Aerotek (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 $30/hr, Minneapolis at $28/hr, and Saint Paul at $25/hr. If you can relocate or commute, that spread is worth factoring in.

What you'll be running

This posting calls for MIG, TIG, and Flux-Core work. 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. TIG (GTAW) uses a non-consumable tungsten electrode with filler added by hand, giving the operator the most control of any process. It is slow, demanding, and the standard for stainless, aluminum, and anything where the bead has to look as good as it holds.

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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. Production Welder- 1st shift figures were last recalculated when this page was built.