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Job Description

Overview

The Hand Welder position involves assisting in the timely production of welded parts while ensuring that the welds meet quality standards. The role requires performing various welding operations and maintaining a safe and clean work environment.

Responsibilities

  • Perform MIG, hand and robotic welding operations to produce product at the required production and quality level.
  • Conduct inspections on products utilizing total quality concepts.
  • Perform preventive maintenance on equipment as needed.
  • Accurately report daily activities on work orders and other media as required.
  • Conduct required quality checks using basic measurement equipment.
  • Keep work areas clean and free of safety hazards.
  • Exercise safe working habits while operating machines, including proper use of personal protective equipment.
  • Actively contribute to the continuous improvement of safety culture.
  • Perform other duties as assigned.

Requirements

  • High School Diploma/GED required.
  • Prior welding experience required.
  • Ability to pass welding certification test.
  • Must pass drug and alcohol screen and remain drug free throughout the term of employment.
  • Must follow all safety practices and policies.
  • Able to read and understand blueprints and geometric tolerances.
  • Must be able to physically lift 65 lbs.

Benefits

  • Health Insurance
  • Dental
  • Vision
  • 401k
  • PTO

Additional Information

  • Non-temperature controlled manufacturing facility.
  • Must wear eye, ear, and foot protection.

Benefits

Health Insurance
Dental
Vision
401k
PTO
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How this job compares in Mitchell, SD

Pay in context

This employer didn't publish a rate. For reference, welding jobs across South Dakota currently run a median of $26/hr in our index, with the middle half of them falling between $25–$27/hr across 29 postings with published pay. That median is a reasonable floor to anchor on when a recruiter asks what you're looking for.

The local market in Mitchell, SD

Mitchell, SD currently has 3 other active welding openings besides this one, spread across 2 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 46 other active welding openings from 25 employers. That's enough local activity to be worth comparing two or three offers before committing. Browse every welding job in Mitchell, or widen the search to South Dakota.

Hendrickson 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 (14), Dakota Bodies (4), and Maguire (3). Volume like that usually means either a genuine expansion or a staffing agency working several client sites — worth knowing which before you apply.

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.

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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. Hand Welder figures were last recalculated when this page was built.