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Overview

Lake Air Products is a fast-growing contract manufacturer serving various markets, including medical and aerospace. They are looking for a 1st & 2nd shift Spot Welder with set-up experience to join their Roseville, MN location.

Responsibilities

  • Use Spot Welding equipment to apply two shaped copper alloy electrodes for welding.
  • Install proper electrodes on the spot-welding machine.
  • Adjust control for proper heat, pressure settings, and timing of current.
  • Use the proper amount of heat to match the sheet's material properties.
  • Work from routings, prints, or instructions.
  • Inspect work using a micrometer, caliper, and precision measuring instruments.
  • Examine welded components for defects.
  • Deliver the first piece to inspection for verification of dimensions and weld accuracy.
  • Produce the highest level of quality using control plans and customer drawings.
  • Supervise and identify faults in operating the equipment and notify supervisors.

Requirements

  • High School Diploma or equivalent.
  • 2+ years’ experience in Spot Welding preferred.
  • Excellent people skills and ability to partner with the leadership team.
  • Personal qualities of integrity, credibility, and commitment to the mission.
  • Flexible and able to multi-task in a fast-moving environment.
  • Ability to bend and lift, loading and unloading work pieces.

Benefits

  • Competitive Pay
  • 401k
  • PTO

Additional Information

  • Work schedule: 5:00am to 3:30pm – Monday to Thursday (10-hour shift) and 3:30pm to 2:00am – Monday to Thursday (10-hour shift).
  • Location: Roseville, MN.

Benefits

Competitive Pay
401k
PTO
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How this job compares in Roseville, 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 $26–$32/hr across 62 postings with published pay. Put another way, it pays more than about 61% 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 Roseville, MN

Roseville, MN currently has 3 other active welding openings besides this one, spread across 1 employer. 1 of them was added in the last week. Across Minnesota as a whole we're tracking 89 other active welding openings from 58 employers. That's enough local activity to be worth comparing two or three offers before committing. Browse every welding job in Roseville, or widen the search to Minnesota.

Lake Air Products currently has 6 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 (6), Welding Shop in Minneapolis, MN (6), 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.

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