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Job Description

Overview

Manitowoc Tool & Manufacturing is a growing manufacturer looking for a Press Brake Operator to join their 3rd-shift team. The company values a clean, climate-controlled work environment and emphasizes the importance of building a future with employees.

Responsibilities

  • Operate a brake press
  • Perform quality checks
  • Help keep production running safely and efficiently

Requirements

  • Manufacturing or press-operation experience is a plus but not required
  • Solid work history
  • Dependable and willing to learn
  • Ability to follow safety and quality procedures
  • Works well with others

Benefits

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

Additional Information

  • Full-time position
  • In-person work location

Benefits

401k
Health Insurance
Dental
Vision
PTO
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How this job compares in Manitowoc, WI

Pay in context

At roughly $21/hr, this posting comes in about 16% below the $25/hr median for welding jobs across Wisconsin, where the middle half runs $23–$30/hr across 106 postings with published pay. Put another way, it pays more than about 11% 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 Manitowoc, WI

Manitowoc, WI currently has 7 other active welding openings besides this one, spread across 6 employers. 3 of them were added in the last week. Across Wisconsin as a whole we're tracking 167 other active welding openings from 113 employers. That's enough local activity to be worth comparing two or three offers before committing. Browse every welding job in Manitowoc, or widen the search to Wisconsin.

The most active employers in Wisconsin at the moment, by number of open welding reqs, are QPS Employment Group (17), API Heat Transfer (4), and Kewaunee Fabrications (4). Volume like that usually means either a genuine expansion or a staffing agency working several client sites — worth knowing which before you apply.

Within Wisconsin, the best-paying metros we track by median hourly rate are Marinette at $32/hr and Neenah at $23/hr. If you can relocate or commute, that spread is worth factoring in.

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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. Press Brake Operator 3rd Shift - $21 per hour figures were last recalculated when this page was built.