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Job Description

Overview

Komatsu is currently recruiting for a Welder to work at their Virginia, MN location during the night shift. This position is represented by a union and offers competitive wages along with a comprehensive benefits package.

Responsibilities

  • Proficient at Carbon Arc Gouging
  • Proficient with Oxy/Fuel Torch
  • Understand Weld Symbols
  • Certified Rigging
  • Proficient at Print Reading
  • Proficient at Fitting/Layout
  • Must have experience with a variety of SMAW and FCAW welding electrodes
  • Perform a variety of welding and cutting applications including air arcing
  • Lay out and perform complex repairs with high accuracy and quality
  • Assess equipment repair needs and develop repair processes
  • Troubleshoot, maintain and perform minor repairs to assigned tooling
  • Work in a diverse team environment
  • Ability to use all varieties of precision measuring instruments
  • Must be able to wear a respirator or fresh air hood when required

Requirements

  • Primary focus on a safe work environment and employing safe work practices
  • Experience in welding and cutting applications
  • Ability to perform complex repairs with accuracy
  • Experience in troubleshooting and maintaining welding equipment

Benefits

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

Additional Information

  • Onsite position
  • Night shift

Benefits

Health Insurance
401k
PTO
Dental
Vision
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How this job compares in Virginia, MN

Pay in context

At roughly $33/hr, this posting sits about 23% above the $27/hr median for welding jobs across Minnesota — toward the top of a $24–$29/hr middle band drawn from 77 postings with published pay. Put another way, it pays more than about 91% of the comparable postings we have wage data for. Pay that far above local median usually comes attached to something: a harder cert requirement, travel, night shift, or overtime that isn't really optional. Worth establishing which before you accept.

The local market in Virginia, MN

Virginia, MN is a small market in our index: 1 other active welding opening alongside this one, from 1 employer. Across Minnesota as a whole we're tracking 107 other active welding openings from 67 employers. With this few local postings, most welders here end up either commuting or looking at travel work. Browse welding jobs across Minnesota.

Komatsu currently has 1 other opening 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), Lake Air Products (4), and Award Staffing (4). 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 Stick and Flux-Core work. Stick (SMAW) burns a flux-coated consumable rod and needs no shielding gas, so it works in wind, rain, and on dirty or rusted steel. That tolerance for bad conditions keeps it the default for field, structural, and repair work. Flux-cored (FCAW) runs a hollow wire filled with flux, combining MIG-like deposition rates with the outdoor tolerance of stick. It is the workhorse on heavy structural steel and shipbuilding, where thick sections and long welds reward speed.

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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 (Night Shift) - Shop figures were last recalculated when this page was built.