Lead Structural Welder - $34/hr START NEXT Week!!!! Direct Placement!

Lead Structural Welder

We are a growing, family-owned industrial manufacturer launching a new structural welding department. This role is designed for an experienced structural welder who wants to lead from the floor, set standards, and help build a team from the ground up.

This is a hands-on leadership role focused on quality, safety, and process excellence.

Position Overview

The Lead Structural Welder is responsible for performing high-level structural welding while training and guiding other welders. You will play a key role in establishing procedures, improving workflows, and maintaining a safe, efficient operation.

Key Responsibilities

• Lead a shift performing structural welding using GMAW processes:
• Spray transfer
• Pulse
• Short circuit
• Flux-cored
• Fabricate and weld large structural frames and construction skids to code and specification
• Train, mentor, and support welders with a focus on quality, safety, and procedure compliance
• Read and interpret blueprints, fabrication drawings, and AWS welding symbols
• Perform accurate layout, fit-up, and fixturing prior to welding
• Identify fabrication challenges and implement practical, production-focused solutions
• Support continuous improvement and help establish department standards
• Operate overhead cranes, jib cranes, and forklifts safely
• Maintain a clean, organized, and safe welding area

Required Qualifications

• 5+ years of hands-on GMAW structural welding experience
• 3+ years in a lead or supervisory welding role
• Proven experience welding large structural assemblies
• Ability to pass AWS D1.1 qualifications:
• 2G GMAW Spray Transfer
• 3G Flux-Cored Welding

Preferred Skills

• Strong blueprint reading and AWS weld symbol interpretation
• High-accuracy fit-up and layout in production fixtures
• Working knowledge of structural steel behavior and material thickness variation
• Safe operation of cranes and forklifts

Compensation and Benefits

• Scheduled raises totaling $5/hour over two years
• Quarterly performance bonuses
• 4% 401(k) company match
• Additional raise upon MIG pulse certification (on-site CWI available)
• Company-paid medical, dental, and vision insurance
• Full PPE provided, including 3M PAPR welding hood
• Life insurance
• Family-owned company with a strong promote-from-within culture

Job Type & Location

This is a permanent position based out of Little Canada, MN.

Pay and Benefits

The pay range for this position is $60,000.00 - $75,000.00/yr.

• Scheduled pay raises equaling $5 in over two years
• 4% 401k matching
• Quarterly bonuses
• Raise once getting MIG pulse certified with CWI on site
• Medical, vision, and dental insurance company paid
• Full PPE provided, including 3M PAPR welding hood
• Raise once getting MIG pulse certified
• Life insurance
• Family-owned and promote from within

Workplace Type

This is a fully onsite position in Little Canada, MN.

Application Deadline

This position is anticipated to close on Apr 6, 2026.

About Aerotek

We know that finding work is hard, and finding meaningful work is harder. Aerotek connects 180,000+ light industrial and skilled trades workers with 14,000+ employers each year, helping our workers navigate an evolving labor market and find jobs that meet their goals, skills, and interests. Since 1983, we have provided a variety of career opportunities across North American industry – from short-term assignments at Fortune 500 companies where you can build your skills, to long-term opportunities where you can play a vital role solving for companies' construction, manufacturing, and maintenance challenges. Our 1,500+ experienced recruiters across 250+ offices work relentlessly to put our workforce in a position to thrive. Let us rise to meet your challenges and put our people-are everything spirit to the test as your career continues to grow.

Aerotek offers weekly pay, employee benefits including medical, dental & vision, life insurance, health advocacy and employee assistance programs, a 401(k) plan, and employee discounts.

The company is an equal opportunity employer and will consider all applications without regards to race, sex, age, color, religion, national origin, veteran status, disability, sexual orientation, gender identity, genetic information or any characteristic protected by law.