WELDER - MIG
Location
Blooming Prairie, MN
Wage
$21 – $27.73/hr
Employment Type
Full-time
Required Skills & Certifications
Posted on September 22, 2026
Location
Blooming Prairie, MN
Wage
$21 – $27.73/hr
Employment Type
Full-time
Posted on September 22, 2026
Join the team as a Welder in a Direct Hire role, offering competitive pay and full benefits starting on Day 1. Work a consistent schedule with no nights or weekends, allowing for excellent work-life balance. We're seeking MIG Welders that have a desire to learn. You'll work in a clean, air-conditioned facility and benefit from quarterly bonuses, annual increases, and extensive cross-training opportunities in advanced fabrication skills like laser cutting and pipe bending. Be part of a rapidly growing, employee-focused company that values teamwork, open communication, and celebrates collective success.
SCHEDULE, SHIFTS, AND WAGE:
• SCHEDULE: Monday to Friday • HOURS: 6:00 AM - 2:30 PM (Any required OT would be until 3:30 PM) • WAGES: $21.00 - $27.73 per hour • BREAKS: - Lunch, and two PAID 15 minute Responsibilities:
• Generally clean, well-lit environment. • Some moderate to heavy lifting (weights can exceed 60#, and can require overhead work). • Some pushing, pulling, bending, & stooping. • Prolonged standing. • Accurate depth perception. Working hours: 6:00 AM - 2:30 PM
Skills:
• MIG Welding experience • Manufacturing experience Education:
• No Degree Required Experience:
• 1-4 years Qualifications:
Interested? Apply now!
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Pay offered to a successful candidate will be based on several factors including the candidate's education, work experience, work location, specific job duties, certifications, etc. In addition, Spherion offers a comprehensive benefits package, including: medical, prescription, dental, vision, AD&D, and life insurance offerings, short-term disability, and a 401K plan (all benefits are based on eligibility).
key responsibilities
SPECIFIC DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES:Use MIG welding experience and familiarity with Carbon Steel to cut and join metals with precision from technical drawings and verbal instruction.Cut and join metals with precision from technical drawings and verbal instruction.Read blueprints and drawings and take or read measurements to plan layout and procedures.OTHER DUTIES:Charge forklift batteries as needed; participate in physical inventories; perform labeling, sorting, wrapping, packing, and repacking as needed;Repair pallets when necessary; clean railcars, trailers, truck bays, and warehouse as requestedWORK ENVIRONMENT:Generally clean, well-lit environment.Some moderate to heavy lifting (weights can exceed 60#, and can require overhead work).Some pushing, pulling, bending, & stooping.Prolonged standing.Accurate depth perception.
experience
1-4 years
skills
MIG Welding experience Manufacturing experience
qualifications
Must have knowledge of MIG welding processes.Familiar with Carbon Steel.Passing the Weld test is required.Passing Physical is required.Knowledge of working with welding tools and equipment.Skilled in operating power and hand tools.Able to understand oral and written instructions of a technical nature.Able to read blueprints and drawings and take or read measurements to plan layout and procedures.Good interpersonal and teamwork skills.Able to lift in excess of fifty pounds.Knowledge of safety standards and willingness to use protective PPE (Eye Protection, face-shield, gloves, Helmet, Ear protection-optional, etc.).
education
No Degree Required
At roughly $24/hr, this posting comes in about 13% below the $28/hr median for welding jobs across Minnesota, where the middle half runs $25–$30/hr across 58 postings with published pay. Put another way, it pays more than about 24% 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.
This is the only active welding job we're currently tracking in Blooming Prairie, MN, which makes it worth moving on quickly — there is no local competing offer to weigh it against. Across Minnesota as a whole we're tracking 79 other active welding openings from 56 employers. Browse welding jobs across Minnesota.
Spherion 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 Welding Shop in Minneapolis, MN (8), Award Staffing (3), and Staffmark (3). Volume like that usually means either a genuine expansion or a staffing agency working several client sites — worth knowing which before you apply.
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.
See all MIG welder openings if you want to compare this against similar roles.
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