Job Description

Overview

The Toro Company is seeking a Welder for the 3rd shift, responsible for welding components used to build Toro equipment. The position offers competitive pay and a range of benefits.

Responsibilities

  • Fabricate parts by manual and robotic welding, cutting and hard coating processes.
  • Operate wire, stick, carbon arc, and gas welding/cutting equipment.
  • Weld parts to print and process specifications.
  • Responsible for own set-ups and for inspecting own parts.
  • Follow safety rules and produce quality workmanship.
  • Maintain welding equipment and ensure good housekeeping in the work area.
  • Complete all associated paperwork and recordkeeping as required.

Requirements

  • High school diploma or equivalent.
  • 1+ years of welding experience.
  • Core skills training in basic shop math, measuring tools, and blueprint reading or demonstrated equivalent knowledge.
  • Knowledge in machine shop practices and the use of respective inspection instruments.
  • Wire Feed Welding training or demonstrated equivalent knowledge.

Benefits

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

Additional Information

  • 3rd Shift, 11:00 PM-7:00 AM, Sunday-Thursday
  • Typical starting pay, $33.10/hr. plus $3.50 shift differential.

Benefits

Health Insurance
Dental
Vision
401k
PTO

How this job compares in Shakopee, MN

Pay in context

At roughly $33/hr, this posting sits about 18% above the $28/hr median for welding jobs across Minnesota — toward the top of a $25–$31/hr middle band drawn from 65 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 Shakopee, MN

Shakopee, MN currently has 3 other active welding openings besides this one, spread across 2 employers. 1 of them was added in the last week. Across Minnesota as a whole we're tracking 91 other active welding openings from 62 employers. That's enough local activity to be worth comparing two or three offers before committing. Browse every welding job in Shakopee, or widen the search to Minnesota.

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 U.S. Tsubaki Power Transmission, LLC (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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Pay figures are medians computed from live postings in the Welding Pros index, not from survey data, and they move as employers post. Welder, 3rd Shift - The Toro Company figures were last recalculated when this page was built.