Welder - 1st Shift
Location
Mankato, MN
Wage
$36,814/yr
Employment Type
Full-time
Required Skills & Certifications
MIG WeldingTIG WeldingStick Welding
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Posted on September 22, 2026
Job Description
Overview
The company is seeking a Welder for the 1st shift, offering a $5000 sign-on bonus and covering 100% of employee medical insurance. The role involves various welding tasks and requires physical capability.
Responsibilities
- Read and understand work-related materials.
- Strong blueprint reading skills.
- Experience in MIG, TIG, and SMAW (stick) welding.
- Sanding, chipping, and cleaning of parts.
- Layout, assemble in jigs or fixtures, weld, and inspect welds.
- Perform safe work habits.
- Bend, twist, climb, and lift up to 75 pounds.
- Clean work area at the end of each shift or as required.
Benefits
Health Insurance
How this job compares in Mankato, MN
Pay in context
At roughly $18/hr, this posting comes in about 34% below the $27/hr median for welding jobs across Minnesota, where the middle half runs $24–$30/hr across 80 postings with published pay. Put another way, it pays more than about 0% of the comparable postings we have wage data for. That gap is worth raising directly — in a market this size there is normally room to negotiate toward the median, particularly if you already hold the certifications the posting asks for.
The local market in Mankato, MN
Mankato, 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 108 other active welding openings from 68 employers. With this few local postings, most welders here end up either commuting or looking at travel work. Browse welding jobs across Minnesota.
The most active employers in Minnesota at the moment, by number of open welding reqs, are Welding Shop in Minneapolis, MN (8), Minnesota Jobs (7), and Aerotek (5). 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, TIG, and Stick work. 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. TIG (GTAW) uses a non-consumable tungsten electrode with filler added by hand, giving the operator the most control of any process. It is slow, demanding, and the standard for stainless, aluminum, and anything where the bead has to look as good as it holds.
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