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Job Description

Overview

The Press Brake Operator is responsible for the setup, operation, and light maintenance of production equipment, ensuring quality standards are met while managing time effectively across various machines.

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 ensuring 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 effectively with personnel.

Benefits

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

Additional Information

  • Schedule: Monday - Thursday 7 am - 4:30 pm, Friday - 7 am - 11 am.

Benefits

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

Pay in context

At roughly $25/hr, this posting comes in about 11% below the $28/hr median for welding jobs across Minnesota, where the middle half runs $25–$31/hr across 66 postings with published pay. Put another way, it pays more than about 18% of the comparable postings we have wage data for. That gap is worth raising directly — in a market this size there is normally room to negotiate toward the median, particularly if you already hold the certifications the posting asks for.

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 Operator (1st shift) figures were last recalculated when this page was built.