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Job Description

Overview

The Production Welder position in Clark, SD involves reading blueprints and welding products to meet customer specifications. The role requires the use of various measuring devices and air tools, with a work schedule from Monday to Thursday and optional overtime.

Responsibilities

  • Read and understand blueprints.
  • Tack, weld, and finish product to customer specifications.
  • Fill out inspection forms completely and accurately.
  • Use measuring devices such as tape measure, square, protractor, and straight edge.
  • Use air tools (grinders, buffers, needle scalers, etc.), forklifts, and overhead cranes.

Benefits

  • Health Insurance
  • Vision
  • Dental

Additional Information

  • Hours are Monday through Thursday 6:30am - 5pm with optional overtime.

Benefits

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

Pay in context

At roughly $17/hr, this posting comes in about 32% below the $25/hr median for welding jobs across South Dakota, where the middle half runs $23–$27/hr across 34 postings with published pay. Put another way, it pays more than about 3% 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 Watertown, SD

Watertown, SD currently has 4 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 46 other active welding openings from 27 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.

The most active employers in South Dakota at the moment, by number of open welding reqs, are Terex (6), Maguire (5), and Terex Corporation (3). Volume like that usually means either a genuine expansion or a staffing agency working several client sites — worth knowing which before you apply.

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