WELDER 1st Shift / SOLDADOR 1er Turno
Location
Mitchell, SD
Employment Type
Full-time
Posted on September 24, 2026
Location
Mitchell, SD
Employment Type
Full-time
Posted on September 24, 2026
The Welder position at AKG North American Operations, Inc. in Mitchell, SD, involves operating welding equipment to weld and attach tanks or other parts to the core according to blueprint instructions. This is a full-time role on the 1st shift, requiring the ability to perform essential welding duties satisfactorily.
This employer didn't publish a rate. For reference, welding jobs across South Dakota currently run a median of $25/hr in our index, with the middle half of them falling between $23–$28/hr across 30 postings with published pay. That median is a reasonable floor to anchor on when a recruiter asks what you're looking for.
Mitchell, SD is a small market in our index: 1 other active welding opening alongside this one, from 1 employer. Across South Dakota as a whole we're tracking 40 other active welding openings from 25 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 Maguire (5), Terex (4), and Vermeer 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.
Pay figures are medians computed from live postings in the Welding Pros index, not from survey data, and they move as employers post. WELDER 1st Shift / SOLDADOR 1er Turno figures were last recalculated when this page was built.