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Overview

Lake Air Products is a fast-growing contract manufacturer serving various industries, including medical, aerospace & defense, and industrial markets. They are seeking a 2nd shift Welder responsible for joining and fabricating metal components using MIG and TIG welding processes in a manufacturing environment.

Responsibilities

  • Lay out, position, and secure parts and assemblies according to specifications.
  • Observe tests on welded surfaces, such as hydrostatic, x-ray, and dimension tolerance.
  • Develop templates or tooling and other work aids to hold and align parts.
  • Determine required equipment and welding methods based on knowledge of metallurgy, geometry, and welding techniques.
  • Examine finished products and spare parts to ensure specifications are met.
  • Inspect grooves, angles, or gap allowances using measuring instruments.
  • Weld metal using various techniques including gas tungsten arc, metal arc, flux-cored arc, and plasma arc.

Requirements

  • High School Diploma or equivalent.
  • 1+ years of experience in TIG, MIG, and Tack-weld (hand laser welding preferred).
  • Excellent people skills and ability to partner with a dynamic leadership team.
  • Personal qualities of integrity, credibility, and commitment to the mission.
  • Ability to weld components in flat, vertical, or overhead positions.
  • Lift objects up to 50 pounds throughout the day.
  • Wear required personal protective equipment (PPE).
  • Read blueprints and perform all necessary measurements.

Benefits

  • 401k
  • PTO

Benefits

401k
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How this job compares in Vadnais Heights, MN

Pay in context

This employer didn't publish a rate. For reference, welding jobs across Minnesota currently run a median of $28/hr in our index, with the middle half of them falling between $25–$31/hr across 66 postings with published pay. That median is a reasonable floor to anchor on when a recruiter asks what you're looking for.

The local market in Vadnais Heights, MN

This is the only active welding job we're currently tracking in Vadnais Heights, 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 91 other active welding openings from 63 employers. Browse welding jobs across Minnesota.

Lake Air Products currently has 2 other openings 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 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.

What you'll be running

This posting calls for MIG, TIG, and Flux-Core work. 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. TIG (GTAW) uses a non-consumable tungsten electrode with filler added by hand, giving the operator the most control of any process. It is slow, demanding, and the standard for stainless, aluminum, and anything where the bead has to look as good as it holds.

See all TIG welder openings if you want to compare this against similar roles.

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