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Production Welder - 2nd Shift

Location

Elk River, MN

Wage

$28.57/hr

Employment Type

Full-time

Required Skills & Certifications

MIG Welding
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Posted on October 13, 2026

Job Description

Overview

New Flyer is North America’s heavy-duty transit bus leader, providing sustainable mobility solutions through transit buses, technology, and infrastructure. They are seeking a Production Welder for the 2nd shift to operate welding machines and work with various weld fixtures while adhering to CWB welding procedures.

Responsibilities

  • Work effectively in a team environment.
  • Ability to weld using various materials and techniques, specifically MIG.
  • Ability to read and interpret welding blueprints and/or process sheets.
  • Ability to interpret weld symbols.
  • Complete tasks while ensuring performance targets and quality are met.

Requirements

  • Two to three years' welding experience in a heavy manufacturing environment.
  • Great interpersonal and communication skills.
  • Previous experience with 5S and lean manufacturing would be considered an asset.
  • Able to perform required duties with minimal supervision.
  • Thorough knowledge of all types of welding procedures and practices.

Additional Information

  • 2nd Shift Monday through Thursday 4:00pm to 2:30am.
  • Must be able to train on days for up to 90 days, Monday through Friday 6:00am to 2:30pm.

Benefits

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How this job compares in Elk River, MN

Pay in context

At roughly $29/hr, this posting lands within a few percent of the $28/hr median for welding jobs across Minnesota, whose middle half runs $25–$32/hr across 65 postings with published pay. Put another way, it pays more than about 54% 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 Elk River, MN

Elk River, MN is a small market in our index: 1 other active welding opening alongside this one, from 1 employer. Across Minnesota as a whole we're tracking 91 other active welding openings from 60 employers. With this few local postings, most welders here end up either commuting or looking at travel work. Browse welding jobs across Minnesota.

New Flyer 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 Lake Air Products (7), Welding Shop in Minneapolis, MN (5), and Atlas Copco Group (3). Volume like that usually means either a genuine expansion or a staffing agency working several client sites — worth knowing which before you apply.

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.

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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. Production Welder - 2nd Shift figures were last recalculated when this page was built.