Job Description

Overview

The Welder II position is a mid-level production role within the Production department, reporting to the Production Manager. The job offers training for operating automated welding equipment and includes a competitive benefits package.

Responsibilities

  • Immediately notify the Production Manager of any safety issue or problem.
  • Weld components according to company, customer, and engineering drawings, blueprints, and welding specifications.
  • Primarily operate automated welding equipment and air arc systems.
  • Learn company welding processes as needed, including the use of portable welding equipment for field welding at customer sites.
  • Maintain all equipment as per manufacturer or company schedules, or as directed.
  • Assist in the development of written process documentation as required and directed.
  • Keep production areas and any other work areas safe, clean and organized.
  • Make recommendations for tooling, fixturing, process requirements and/or equipment needs.
  • Safely handle parts and materials with appropriate industrial trucks, hoists, overhead cranes and associated rigging.
  • Follow all RPM policies, programs and procedures.
  • Work with manufacturing and engineering to determine welding requirements.
  • Keep Production Manager advised of usage and reorder requirements for consumables and materials.
  • Assist management in employee training.

Requirements

  • Experience in a welding environment or welding trade school is preferred.
  • Must be able to frequently lift, carry and/or position up to 50 pounds.
  • Safety glasses, non-marring steel toe boots and hearing protection required in production areas.
  • Driver's license required – must be 21 years of age based on DOT requirements for this position.
  • Must be able to understand and accurately follow through on verbal directions.
  • Must be able to read, interpret and accurately follow through on written work directions.
  • Must be able to read blueprints.
  • Must be able to perform measurements with standard measurement equipment and layout tools.
  • Ability to use heavy machinery, such as forklifts and cranes, as well as use a variety of tools and other equipment.

Benefits

  • 401k
  • Health Insurance
  • Dental
  • PTO

Additional Information

  • Shift work and/or travel will be required depending upon customer needs.
  • Night Shift, Day Shift, and Overnight Shift availability required.
  • 8-12 hour shift depending on workload.
  • Monday to Friday normally.

Benefits

401k
Health Insurance
Dental
PTO

How this job compares in Rapid 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 Rapid City, SD

Rapid City, SD currently has 8 other active welding openings besides this one, spread across 6 employers. 5 of them were added in the last week. Across South Dakota as a whole we're tracking 57 other active welding openings from 41 employers. That's enough local activity to be worth comparing two or three offers before committing. Browse every welding job in Rapid City, or widen the search to South Dakota.

RPM & Associates, Inc. currently has 1 other opening live in South Dakota, which is usually a sign of either steady growth or steady turnover — worth asking which in the interview.

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. Rapid City is among them.

Similar openings near Rapid City, SD

Pay figures are medians computed from live postings in the Welding Pros index, not from survey data, and they move as employers post. Welder II figures were last recalculated when this page was built.