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Job Description

Overview

We are looking for a skilled Welder to cut and join metals at our facility in Ham Lake, MN. The ideal candidate will have a steady hand and great attention to detail, working in a climate-controlled and clean shop environment with day shift hours.

Responsibilities

  • Reading a BOM (Bill of Materials) and/or Work Order to understand what components are required for each welding operation
  • Gathering the needed materials together from various locations in the weld shop
  • Using visual and functional testing methods including jigs to confirm that all components meet our quality standards
  • Modify components as needed using cutting, grinding, drilling techniques to prepare for welding
  • Place non-compliant components in our material review area for further review by our MRB team
  • Produce weldment in accordance with our production standards
  • Use measurement devices and other tools/aids to ensure that weldment conforms to required specifications
  • Utilize quality control checklists to verify that all critical assembly operations have been completed
  • Submit final paperwork to have weldments produced within our ERP system when necessary
  • Continually review weld shop inventory levels and submit the proper notification when replenishment is needed
  • Contribute to keeping the weld shop environment clean and organized

Requirements

  • A minimum of 1 year of welding experience (whether through a job or schooling)
  • Strong attention to detail
  • Basic math skills to calculate measurements and dimensions accurately
  • Experience working in a shop environment and using electrical or manual tools (saws, squares, calipers etc.)
  • Knowledge of relative safety standards and willingness to use protective clothing (face-shield, gloves etc.)
  • Proficient in English
  • Ability to stand for approximately 8 hours per day while performing a variety of production tasks
  • Capable of occasionally lifting as much as 40 pounds when needing to move materials around the shop
  • High School Diploma

Benefits

  • 401k
  • Dental
  • Health Insurance
  • PTO

Additional Information

  • Climate controlled and clean shop environment
  • Day shift hours Monday thru Friday
  • In person work location

Benefits

401k
Dental
Health Insurance
PTO
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How this job compares in Ham Lake, MN

Pay in context

At roughly $27/hr, this posting lands within a few percent of the $27/hr median for welding jobs across Minnesota, whose middle half runs $23–$30/hr across 72 postings with published pay. Put another way, it pays more than about 47% 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 Ham Lake, MN

This is the only active welding job we're currently tracking in Ham Lake, 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 99 other active welding openings from 62 employers. Browse welding jobs across Minnesota.

Welding Shop in Minneapolis, MN 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 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 Minneapolis at $26/hr and Owatonna at $24/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. Production Welder figures were last recalculated when this page was built.