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Job Description

Overview

The position is for 2nd Shift MIG Welders with a pay range of $30.17 to $38.50 depending on experience. The role involves operating MIG welders and working with various materials, including carbon steel, stainless steel, and aluminum.

Responsibilities

  • Operate and set up MIG standard and pulse welders, selecting gas ratios.
  • Weld carbon steel, stainless steel, and aluminum.
  • Work with sheet metal, tube steel, channel, I-beam, and plate steel.
  • Position, align, and fit components using fixturing; bolt, clamp, and tack weld parts per blueprints/specifications.
  • Use assembly drawings, assembly instructions, solid models, bills of materials, and blueprints.
  • Operate hoists, cranes, riggings, and forklifts to move equipment.
  • Maintain shop inventory and cleanliness.

Requirements

  • High school diploma or equivalent.
  • Ability to read and interpret blueprints and schematics.
  • Ability to lift/carry up to 40 lbs. regularly.
  • Pre-employment background check and drug screen.

Additional Info

  • Shift Time: 2nd Shift: 3:45pm – 2:15am, Sunday - Thursday with Overtime on Fridays.
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How this job compares in Maple Grove, MN

Pay in context

At roughly $34/hr, this posting sits about 23% above the $28/hr median for welding jobs across Minnesota — toward the top of a $25–$30/hr middle band drawn from 38 postings with published pay. Put another way, it pays more than about 97% of the comparable postings we have wage data for. Pay that far above local median usually comes attached to something: a harder cert requirement, travel, night shift, or overtime that isn't really optional. Worth establishing which before you accept.

The local market in Maple Grove, MN

This is the only active welding job we're currently tracking in Maple Grove, MN, which makes it worth moving on quickly — there is no local competing offer to weigh it against. Across Minnesota as a whole we're tracking 64 other active welding openings from 44 employers. Browse welding jobs across Minnesota.

Welding Shop in Minneapolis, MN currently has 3 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 (8), Chart Industries, Inc. (3), 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.

See all MIG 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. 2nd Shift MIG Welders - $30.17 to $38.50 (Depending on Experience) figures were last recalculated when this page was built.