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Job Description

Overview

The Press Brake/Spot Weld Operator is responsible for the setup, operation, and light maintenance of various production equipment, ensuring quality standards are met while maintaining a safe work environment.

Responsibilities

  • Set up and operate production equipment including Press Brake, Shear, Ironworker, Saw, Spot Welder, and Tumbler.
  • Manage time effectively to operate several machines during the shift.
  • Safely operate forklift to load and unload raw material and completed parts.
  • Safely operate overhead crane and jib crane to move material.
  • Handle assorted steel raw material and steel scrap.
  • Maintain work area and production equipment in clean and orderly condition.
  • Perform work to ensure all products conform to prescribed quality standards.
  • Perform light maintenance on plant equipment as needed.
  • Use and understand ERP system for clocking in, logging jobs, and claiming parts.
  • Operate small electric/air hand tools.
  • Produce quality parts that conform to prescribed quality standards and print specifications.
  • Package parts using banding or shrink wrap as needed.
  • Participate in and support continuous process improvement.

Requirements

  • Certified forklift operator, preferred.
  • Certified crane operator, preferred.
  • Ability to safely and effectively operate equipment and hand tools.
  • Knowledge of inventory control and manufacturing processes.
  • Ability to use and operate measuring equipment including the linear measuring table.
  • Proficient with mathematical equations.
  • Ability to read and interpret blueprints and inspection requirements.
  • Ability to communicate orally or in written form effectively with personnel.

Benefits

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

Additional Information

  • Pay Range: $24-$30 per hour (includes $2 shift differential).
  • Hours: Monday - Thursday (4 pm - 2:30 am).

Benefits

Health Insurance
Dental
Vision
401k
PTO
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How this job compares in Paynesville, MN

Pay in context

At roughly $27/hr, this posting lands within a few percent of the $28/hr median for welding jobs across Minnesota, whose middle half runs $25–$31/hr across 66 postings with published pay. Put another way, it pays more than about 44% of the comparable postings we have wage data for. In other words it is a market-rate offer, so benefits, overtime, and shift schedule are where the real difference between this and the next posting on the list shows up.

The local market in Paynesville, MN

Paynesville, MN currently has 3 other active welding openings besides this one, spread across 2 employers. 2 of them were added in the last week. Across Minnesota as a whole we're tracking 91 other active welding openings from 63 employers. That's enough local activity to be worth comparing two or three offers before committing. Browse every welding job in Paynesville, or widen the search to Minnesota.

Louis Industries 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 (7), 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.

Similar openings near Paynesville, MN

Pay figures are medians computed from live postings in the Welding Pros index, not from survey data, and they move as employers post. Press Brake/Spot Weld Operator (2nd Shift) figures were last recalculated when this page was built.