Welder- ND

Location

Underwood, ND

Wage

$30/hr

Employment Type

Full-time

Required Skills & Certifications

MIG WeldingTIG WeldingStick WeldingFlux-Core Welding
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Posted on October 9, 2026

Job Description

Overview

Warfab LLC is seeking a Welder for field and travel work, supporting dragline relocations and outages through welding, repair, and component assembly at customer job sites nationwide. This position requires extensive travel and the ability to work over 60 hours per week during outages.

Responsibilities

  • Welds and repairs dragline components including booms, masts, frames, tubs, shoes, propels, and buckets.
  • Uses MIG, TIG, flux-cored, and stick welding processes safely and effectively.
  • Reads blueprints, weld symbols, and work instructions to complete accurate repairs and assembly.
  • Performs routine maintenance, inspections, and troubleshooting on dragline equipment.
  • Uses grinders, torches, and plasma cutting tools to prepare and finish metal work.
  • Works closely with technicians, engineers, and supervisors to complete outage and relocation work safely.
  • Handles and moves materials, parts, and equipment.
  • Operates welding, cutting, grinding, and gouging equipment.
  • Inspects welds, equipment, and materials for quality and safety.
  • Reads work orders and blueprints to determine specifications and methods.
  • Records operational data and maintains production information.
  • Travels to and works extended hours at job sites during outages and relocations.

Requirements

  • Requires close, distance, peripheral, and depth vision with the ability to adjust focus.
  • Frequent exposure to moving mechanical parts, heights, fumes, airborne particles, and outdoor conditions.
  • Works in wet, humid, hot, and cold environments and performs physically demanding tasks.
  • Able to work extended shifts (60+ hours/week) during outages and travel to job sites for extended periods.
  • Heavy equipment welding and structural repair experience.
  • Blueprint reading and weld symbol interpretation skills.
  • Safe use of welding, cutting, and metal preparation tools.
  • Inspection, troubleshooting, and quality control skills.
  • Must pass a weld test including bend tests for 3G and 4G flux-cored and stick welding procedures.
  • Must pass physical screening including respirator fit test, pulmonary function test, chest X-ray, and drug screen.
  • Must have a complete, weatherproof toolbox with required tools.
  • Must be willing to travel and maintain current MSHA training.

Benefits

  • Travel pay
  • Mileage reimbursement
  • Per diem
  • Health Insurance
  • Dental
  • Vision
  • 401k
  • PTO

Additional Information

  • Work location is in ND.
  • Pay starts at $30.00 per hour.

Benefits

Travel pay
Mileage reimbursement
Per diem
Health Insurance
Dental
Vision
401k
PTO

How this job compares in Underwood, ND

Pay in context

At roughly $30/hr, this posting lands within a few percent of the $29/hr median for welding jobs across North Dakota, whose middle half runs $22–$33/hr across 11 postings with published pay. Put another way, it pays more than about 64% 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 Underwood, ND

Underwood, ND is a small market in our index: 1 other active welding opening alongside this one, from 1 employer. 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 MIG, TIG, Stick, and Flux-Core work. 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. TIG (GTAW) uses a non-consumable tungsten electrode with filler added by hand, giving the operator the most control of any process. It is slow, demanding, and the standard for stainless, aluminum, and anything where the bead has to look as good as it holds.

Certifications this posting mentions

  • 3G / 4G — plate position tests — 3G is welded vertically, 4G overhead. Together they demonstrate you can hold a puddle against gravity, and they are the common entry qualifications for structural and production shops.

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