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Overview

The Shop Welder position involves maintaining safety standards while operating welding machines to fabricate metal products according to client specifications. The role requires adherence to company values and involves both indoor and outdoor work in a plant atmosphere.

Responsibilities

  • Maintain a safe, secure and healthy environment by adhering to safety standards and legal regulations.
  • Perform all duties as assigned and adhere to TEAM’s Core Values.
  • Operate or tend welding machines to fabricate metal products and assemblies according to specifications.
  • Read, interpret and understand production schedules and specifications to plan tasks.
  • Establish components for welding according to specifications.
  • Perform testing and inspection of welded surfaces and structures to discover flaws.
  • Maintain welding equipment to meet safety standards.
  • Complete documentation of welding activities.

Requirements

  • High school diploma or equivalent preferred.
  • Associate’s Degree, training in Vocational school, or relevant industry experience required.
  • One (1) year of experience in machine welding and knowledge of orbital and automated welding required.
  • Ability to pass a standard Code Welder exam required.
  • Ability to operate GTAW, SMAW and GMAW welding equipment required.
  • Ability to read engineering specifications preferred.
  • Ability to work independently with minimal supervision.
  • Possession of current TWIC card or ability to obtain a TWIC card required.

Additional Information

  • Position is based out of a branch or site location.
  • Field duties require indoor and outdoor work in a plant atmosphere.
  • Interaction with other crew employees, supervisors, and client personnel.
  • Working in plant and/or shop areas around production machinery with extreme noise levels.
  • Must be able to wear safety equipment as required for personal protection.
  • May be at more than one job site in a day and must tolerate climate changes.
  • May be required to travel out of town on a periodic basis.
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How this job compares in Long Beach, CA

Pay in context

At roughly $30/hr, this posting comes in about 44% below the $54/hr median for welding jobs in Long Beach, CA, where the middle half runs $35–$76/hr across 30 postings with published pay. Put another way, it pays more than about 7% 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 Long Beach, CA

We're tracking 35 other active welding openings in Long Beach, CA right now, from 15 different employers. 6 of them were added in the last week. Across California as a whole we're tracking 573 other active welding openings from 280 employers. A metro this active generally means you have real leverage — employers here are competing for the same welders. Browse every welding job in Long Beach, or widen the search to California.

TEAM, Inc. currently has 3 other openings live in California, which is usually a sign of either steady growth or steady turnover — worth asking which in the interview.

The most active employers in California at the moment, by number of open welding reqs, are SpaceX (34), Aerotek (16), and Volt (16). Volume like that usually means either a genuine expansion or a staffing agency working several client sites — worth knowing which before you apply.

Within California, the best-paying metros we track by median hourly rate are Redondo Beach at $71/hr, Long Beach at $54/hr, and Santa Ana at $48/hr. Long Beach is among them.

What you'll be running

This posting calls for MIG, TIG, and Stick 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.

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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. Shop Welder figures were last recalculated when this page was built.