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Overview

Join Komatsu and be part of something big! Komatsu is looking for an Assembler to join our National Field Service team, traveling across the United States to assemble heavy mining equipment and offering lots of overtime.

Responsibilities

  • Assemble new heavy mining equipment on-site, primarily including Komatsu rope shovels and electric drive truck assemblies.
  • Perform mechanical assembly work in demanding field environments across the West and Southwest.
  • Use mechanical, welding, and heavy industrial trade skills to support equipment builds at customer locations.
  • Conduct field mechanical maintenance and repairs on various mining equipment.
  • Execute precise welding operations in the field, following all safety and quality protocols.
  • Travel throughout the U.S. to provide on-site support, troubleshooting, and repair services.
  • Operate heavy machinery safely and efficiently while adhering to all regulatory requirements.
  • Perform field machining activities, utilizing specialized tools and knowledge.

Requirements

  • Strong hands-on mechanical experience in heavy industrial environments.
  • Preferred backgrounds include mining, construction, oil field, or other heavy industrial experience.
  • Welding experience, with welding identified as a primary desired skill set.
  • 5G welding experience is preferred.
  • Field Mechanical Maintenance experience.
  • Field Welding experience.
  • Ability to travel throughout the U.S.
  • Equipment Operation experience.
  • Field Machining experience.
  • Certification in AWS D1.1 with successful completion of the FCAW welding test.
  • Current MSHA training certification preferred.
  • Completion of rigging training.

Benefits

  • Health Insurance
  • 401k
  • PTO

Additional Information

  • Able to be on the road 6 weeks at a time working 13 - 14 hour days.

Benefits

Health Insurance
401k
PTO
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How this job compares in Bismarck, ND

Pay in context

At roughly $33/hr, this posting sits about 14% above the $29/hr median for welding jobs across North Dakota — toward the top of a $22–$33/hr middle band drawn from 11 postings with published pay. Put another way, it pays more than about 91% of the comparable postings we have wage data for. Pay that far above local median usually comes attached to something: a harder cert requirement, travel, night shift, or overtime that isn't really optional. Worth establishing which before you accept.

The local market in Bismarck, ND

Bismarck, ND is a small market in our index: 2 other active welding openings alongside this one, from 2 employers. Across North Dakota as a whole we're tracking 16 other active welding openings from 16 employers. With this few local postings, most welders here end up either commuting or looking at travel work. Browse welding jobs across North Dakota.

What you'll be running

This posting calls for Flux-Core. Flux-cored (FCAW) runs a hollow wire filled with flux, combining MIG-like deposition rates with the outdoor tolerance of stick. It is the workhorse on heavy structural steel and shipbuilding, where thick sections and long welds reward speed.

Certifications this posting mentions

  • AWS D1.1 — the American Welding Society's Structural Welding Code for steel. It governs almost all building and structural steel work in the US, so a D1.1 qualification is the baseline credential for construction and ironworking.

Read straight from this posting's text. Confirm the exact qualification the employer wants before you test — requirements vary by shop even under the same code.

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