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Job Description

Overview

We are seeking a hands-on Welding Supervisor to provide strong leadership, guidance, and direction to our welding team. This role requires both technical expertise and interpersonal skills to supervise, train, and coach production leads and employees.

Responsibilities

  • Maintain a safe and clean work environment by ensuring employees follow all safety protocols.
  • Ensure all products meet engineering print specifications and customer standards.
  • Develop and oversee production plans, including scheduling and assigning personnel.
  • Supervise and support a team of 20+ production staff, fostering a high-performance culture.
  • Communicate job expectations, monitor daily performance, and provide regular feedback.
  • Coach, counsel, and implement disciplinary actions to maintain workforce standards.
  • Work closely with the VP of Operations, Operations Manager, and HR Manager to recruit and train employees.

Requirements

  • Experience in Production or Operations Management in a similar manufacturing environment.
  • 2–5+ years of MIG welding experience in an industrial setting.
  • 2–5+ years of supervisory or management experience within a welding or manufacturing environment.
  • Proven experience in team leadership, employee coaching, process improvement, and production planning.
  • Strong ability to read and interpret product blueprints and engineering specifications.
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How this job compares in North Sioux City, SD

Pay in context

This employer didn't publish a rate. For reference, welding jobs across South Dakota currently run a median of $27/hr in our index, with the middle half of them falling between $23–$29/hr across 38 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 North Sioux City, SD

This is the only active welding job we're currently tracking in North Sioux 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 57 other active welding openings from 40 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 (5), Vermeer Corporation (4), and Gpac (3). Volume like that usually means either a genuine expansion or a staffing agency working several client sites — worth knowing which before you apply.

Within South Dakota, the best-paying metros we track by median hourly rate are Rapid City at $43/hr, Freeman at $27/hr, and Sioux Falls at $20/hr. If you can relocate or commute, that spread is worth factoring in.

What you'll be running

This posting calls for MIG. 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.

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

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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. Welding Supervisor figures were last recalculated when this page was built.