Welder/Fitter (1st Shift)
Location
Bostonia, CA
Wage
$25 – $30/hr
Employment Type
Full-time
Required Skills & Certifications
MIG WeldingTIG Welding
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Posted on July 26, 2026
Job Description
Overview
The Welder/Fitter position at TriMas Company LLC involves performing basic welding tasks, assisting in fitting and welding assemblies, and requires knowledge of blueprints. This full-time role is located on-site in El Cajon, CA.
Responsibilities
- Able to read basic blueprints
- Assist Journeyman Welder fit and weld assemblies
- Weld assemblies and use fixtures to assemble parts
- Apply welds using the TIG & MIG method
- Perform all other duties as assigned or directed
- Must have own welding hood
- Operate various hand grinders
- Other duties as needed
Requirements
- Minimum two (2) years’ experience as a welder or a certificate from welding trade school or ROP type program
- 2+ years of experience as a welder
- Experience in assisting fabrication of parts to engineering drawings
- Fabricate parts with supervision
- Be willing to work at assigned jobs in or outside the welding field
Benefits
- Health Insurance
- Dental
- Vision
- PTO
Additional Information
- This role is required to be on-site 4 days at the El Cajon, CA location.
Benefits
Health Insurance
Dental
Vision
PTO
How this job compares in Bostonia, CA
Pay in context
At roughly $28/hr, this posting comes in about 14% below the $32/hr median for welding jobs across California, where the middle half runs $27–$38/hr across 313 postings with published pay. Put another way, it pays more than about 29% 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 Bostonia, CA
This is the only active welding job we're currently tracking in Bostonia, CA, which makes it worth moving on quickly — there is no local competing offer to weigh it against. Across California as a whole we're tracking 399 other active welding openings from 207 employers. Browse welding jobs across California.
The most active employers in California at the moment, by number of open welding reqs, are SpaceX (20), Aerotek (17), 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 Santa Ana at $48/hr, Los Angeles at $38/hr, and Hawthorne at $36/hr. If you can relocate or commute, that spread is worth factoring in.
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.
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