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Overview

The TIG Welder position involves primarily TIG welding on hydraulic components, including pump liners and tube assemblies, with a focus on high production runs. The role is based in a large manufacturing environment in Minneapolis, MN, and offers a comprehensive benefits package upon permanent employment.

Responsibilities

  • Perform turntable TIG welding and overhead welding.
  • Work on hydraulic pump liners and formed hydraulic tube assemblies.
  • Handle fabricated tubular parts, tube manifolds, and custom tube assemblies.
  • Conduct welding on round thin-wall tubing.
  • Perform fitting to tubings or assemblies.
  • Manage high production runs with shorter average orders of 50 pieces.

Requirements

  • 2+ years of TIG welding experience or equivalent technical degree.
  • Ability to read and interpret blueprints.
  • Willingness to work overtime.
  • Team player mentality.
  • Strong attendance record.
  • Experience in high production, shorter run environments.

Benefits

  • 401k
  • Health Insurance
  • PTO

Additional Information

  • This is a Contract to Hire position based out of Minneapolis, MN.
  • This is a fully onsite position.

Benefits

401k
Health Insurance
PTO
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How this job compares in Minneapolis, MN

Pay in context

At roughly $27/hr, this posting lands within a few percent of the $29/hr median for welding jobs across Minnesota, whose middle half runs $27–$30/hr across 35 postings with published pay. Put another way, it pays more than about 23% 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 Minneapolis, MN

Minneapolis, MN currently has 4 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 63 other active welding openings from 39 employers. That's enough local activity to be worth comparing two or three offers before committing. Browse every welding job in Minneapolis, or widen the search to Minnesota.

Aerotek currently has 4 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), Welding Shop in Minneapolis, MN (5), and Aerotek (4). 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 TIG. 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 Welder figures were last recalculated when this page was built.