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Overview

Join our team at Terex Utilities as a Line Welder Lead on the 2nd Shift in Watertown, SD. We are looking for a skilled and dedicated individual to contribute to our inclusive work culture focused on quality and innovation.

Responsibilities

  • Perform all Lean Manufacturing team members duties in that team leader’s area of responsibility.
  • Promote and maintain a safe and organized workplace.
  • Relieve team members when they need to leave the workstation.
  • Train and cross train team members.
  • Initiate daily production improvements.
  • Maintain, audit, and improve standard work.
  • Understand TAKT time and Cycle time.
  • Strong understanding of Single Piece Flow.
  • Identify and eliminate waste within manufacturing processes.
  • Read and interpret blueprints and schematics.
  • Work from drawings, sketches, templates, and patterns.
  • Maintain work area in a clean, neat, and orderly manner.
  • Install unit vehicle components and accessories.
  • Set up jigs and fixtures.
  • Use basic computer applications.
  • Adhere to Terex safety policies and procedures.
  • Comply with Terex quality standards through error prevention.
  • Follow and promote The Terex Way Values.
  • Function as a team member and contribute to group goals.
  • Work overtime as required.
  • Perform other job functions as needed.

Requirements

  • High school diploma and/or equivalent experience.
  • Able to lift up to 40 lbs. and 40-100 lbs. with assistance.
  • Physical ability to work under, on, and around truck chassis and truck bodies.
  • 1-3 years of lean manufacturing experience.
  • Strong interpersonal and communication skills, both written and verbal.
  • Experience working with hydraulics, electrical, and fabrication.
  • Capable of operating a variety of hand and power tools.
  • Ability to problem-solve.
  • Understand and follow verbal and written instructions.
  • Previous work experience in mechanical, construction, or carpentry fields.

Benefits

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

Additional Information

  • This position is for the 2nd shift.
  • Location: Watertown, SD.

Benefits

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

Pay in context

At roughly $24/hr, this posting lands within a few percent of the $25/hr median for welding jobs across South Dakota, whose middle half runs $25–$27/hr across 27 postings with published pay. Put another way, it pays more than about 22% 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 Watertown, SD

Watertown, SD currently has 5 other active welding openings besides this one, spread across 4 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 44 other active welding openings from 26 employers. That's enough local activity to be worth comparing two or three offers before committing. Browse every welding job in Watertown, or widen the search to South Dakota.

Terex currently has 8 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 (8), 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.

Similar openings near Watertown, SD

Pay figures are medians computed from live postings in the Welding Pros index, not from survey data, and they move as employers post. Line Welder Lead - 2nd Shift figures were last recalculated when this page was built.