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Job Description

Overview

Mechanical Contractors Inc is hiring Millwright/Welder for work in Big Stone City and occasionally in Eastern North Dakota, Eastern South Dakota, and Southern/Western Minnesota. The position involves 11-12 hour shifts, 50 hours weekly, with a pay range of $25-32 per hour depending on experience.

Requirements

  • Positive attitude and self motivated
  • Knowledge in industrial setting
  • Ability to read blueprints (not required)
  • Welding skills would be beneficial
  • Possess your own hand tools for fabrication and installation
  • Familiarity with OSHA regulations and general safety guidelines
  • Ability to lift 50 lbs independently
  • Reliable transportation to and from job site
  • Ability to work in East ND, East SD and Western/Southern MN

Benefits

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

Additional Information

  • Hours are Monday-Friday, 11-12 hour shifts, 50 hours weekly and occasional weekend work.
  • Pay is $25.00 - $32.00 per hour with $150/day per diem for travel if more than 50 miles from home.

Benefits

401k
Health Insurance
Dental
Vision
PTO
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How this job compares in Big Stone City, SD

Pay in context

At roughly $29/hr, this posting sits about 14% above the $25/hr median for welding jobs across South Dakota — toward the top of a $23–$28/hr middle band drawn from 32 postings with published pay. Put another way, it pays more than about 88% of the comparable postings we have wage data for. Pay that far above local median usually comes attached to something: a harder cert requirement, travel, night shift, or overtime that isn't really optional. Worth establishing which before you accept.

The local market in Big Stone City, SD

This is the only active welding job we're currently tracking in Big Stone City, SD, which makes it worth moving on quickly — there is no local competing offer to weigh it against. Across South Dakota as a whole we're tracking 48 other active welding openings from 33 employers. Browse welding jobs across South Dakota.

The most active employers in South Dakota at the moment, by number of open welding reqs, are Maguire (6), Terex (3), 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.

Similar openings near Big Stone City, SD

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