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Overview

Lake Air Products is a fast-growing contract manufacturer serving various markets including medical, aerospace & defense, and industrial. They are seeking a 1st shift Welder responsible for joining and fabricating metal components using MIG and TIG welding processes in a manufacturing environment.

Responsibilities

  • Lay out, position, and secure parts and assemblies according to specifications.
  • Observe tests on welded surfaces, such as hydrostatic, x-ray, and dimension tolerance.
  • Develop templates or tooling and other work aids to hold and align parts.
  • Determine required equipment and welding methods, applying knowledge of metallurgy, geometry, and welding techniques.
  • Examine finished products and spare parts and compare them with samples to check specifications.
  • Inspect grooves, angles, or gap allowances using measuring instruments.
  • Weld metal using various types of welding arcs, including gas tungsten arc and laser hand welding.

Requirements

  • High School Diploma or equivalent.
  • 1+ years of experience in TIG, MIG, and Tack-weld (hand laser welding preferred).
  • Excellent people skills with the ability to partner with a dynamic leadership team.
  • Personal qualities of integrity, credibility, and a commitment to the mission.
  • Ability to weld components in flat, vertical, or overhead positions.
  • Lift objects up to 50 pounds throughout the day.
  • Wear required personal protective equipment (PPE).
  • Reading blueprints and performing all necessary measurements.

Benefits

  • Competitive Pay
  • 401k
  • PTO

Benefits

Competitive Pay
401k
PTO
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How this job compares in Vadnais Heights, MN

Pay in context

This employer didn't publish a rate. For reference, welding jobs across Minnesota currently run a median of $29/hr in our index, with the middle half of them falling between $26–$31/hr across 56 postings with published pay. That median is a reasonable floor to anchor on when a recruiter asks what you're looking for.

The local market in Vadnais Heights, MN

Vadnais Heights, MN is a small market in our index: 2 other active welding openings alongside this one, from 1 employer. Across Minnesota as a whole we're tracking 83 other active welding openings from 52 employers. With this few local postings, most welders here end up either commuting or looking at travel work. Browse welding jobs across Minnesota.

Lake Air Products currently has 7 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), Aerotek (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.

See all TIG welder openings if you want to compare this against similar roles.

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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. TIG/Hand Laser Welder - 1st shift - Sheet Metal Industry figures were last recalculated when this page was built.