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Overview

Join a 100 year old company that prides itself in product innovation and accelerated market growth as a Welder in Delano, MN, earning $23-$27 per hour.

Responsibilities

  • Reference prints and work instructions to determine materials, tools, resources, and procedures.
  • Select and assemble TIG torch or MIG guns, torch tips, filler rods, and flux according to specifications.
  • Position component parts for welding and apply welding rod/wire feed to adhere joints.
  • Examine welded sections for defects and perform necessary rework.
  • Inspect, test, and adjust completed units to ensure they meet specifications and quality standards.
  • Work as part of a team in a manufacturing cell utilizing single piece flow concepts.
  • Perform minor machine maintenance and preventative checklist.
  • Analyze and resolve work problems or assist in solving them.
  • Demonstrate commitment to quality and attention to detail.
  • Comply with ISO 9001 standards and practices.
  • Maintain a clean and efficient workspace.
  • Assist in training other welders.

Requirements

  • Technical/other training or better.
  • High School diploma or better.
  • 2-5 years of welding/soldering experience in a manufacturing environment preferred.
  • Strong math skills, visual inspection, and computer abilities necessary.
  • Ability to interpret and work from prints, work orders, specifications, and verbal direction.

Benefits

  • Health Insurance
  • Dental
  • Vision
  • 401k
  • PTO

Benefits

Health Insurance
Dental
Vision
401k
PTO
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How this job compares in Delano, MN

Pay in context

At roughly $25/hr, this posting comes in about 11% below the $28/hr median for welding jobs across Minnesota, where the middle half runs $26–$32/hr across 63 postings with published pay. Put another way, it pays more than about 16% of the comparable postings we have wage data for. That gap is worth raising directly — in a market this size there is normally room to negotiate toward the median, particularly if you already hold the certifications the posting asks for.

The local market in Delano, MN

Delano, 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 92 other active welding openings from 58 employers. With this few local postings, most welders here end up either commuting or looking at travel work. Browse welding jobs across Minnesota.

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 (6), and Atlas Copco Group (5). 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 and TIG 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.

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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. Welder TIG figures were last recalculated when this page was built.