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Overview

Lippert is a leading global manufacturer and supplier of highly engineered products and customized solutions, dedicated to the RV, marine, automotive, commercial vehicle, and building products industries. The Welder position involves placing fitted fabricated steel structures in fixtures and operating robots per blueprints with limited supervision.

Responsibilities

  • Weld steel parts in a jig fixture
  • Read blueprints and communicate with co-workers
  • Set up, run, and operate machinery
  • Count and maintain accurate tracking system
  • Report any equipment issues to department lead
  • Perform required quality checks
  • Follow all process and Work Instructions at all times
  • Complete all welding tasks on time
  • Ability to use and read tape measure
  • All other duties as assigned

Requirements

  • 6 months of prior MIG welding experience in a fast-paced manufacturing environment
  • High School Diploma
  • Basic computer skills necessary
  • Maintain clean and organized work space
  • Ability to work and handle multiple job assignments
  • Ability to communicate within a team setting
  • Ability to lift, bend, and twist throughout the workday; lift between 50 to 75 pounds regularly and up to 90lbs occasionally
  • Familiar with welding symbols

Benefits

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

Additional Information

  • 1st or 2nd Shift Available
  • This is a full-time hourly position
  • Days are set to the schedule of which you elect with your hiring leader
  • Overtime may be required
  • No travel with this position

Benefits

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

Pay in context

At roughly $25/hr, this posting lands within a few percent of the $26/hr median for welding jobs across South Dakota, whose middle half runs $25–$26/hr across 28 postings with published pay. Put another way, it pays more than about 14% 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 Brandon, SD

Brandon, SD is a small market in our index: 2 other active welding openings alongside this one, from 2 employers. Across South Dakota as a whole we're tracking 45 other active welding openings from 23 employers. With this few local postings, most welders here end up either commuting or looking at travel work. Browse welding jobs across South Dakota.

The most active employers in South Dakota at the moment, by number of open welding reqs, are Terex (14), Terex Corporation (3), and Hendrickson (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. Welder figures were last recalculated when this page was built.