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Overview

At DXP, we are dedicated to providing the best solutions for our industrial customers through our expertise in products and technical services. We encourage our employees to take an active role in their development and aspire to meet the needs of our customers with innovative solutions.

Responsibilities

  • Perform mig, tig, and stick welding.
  • Conduct pipe, steel, and stainless steel welding.
  • Engage in pipe fitting.
  • Receive instructions, prints, and work orders for the job.
  • Plan details of working procedure, tools, and material requirements.
  • Fabricate equipment by cutting, burning, and welding various metals.
  • Repair equipment using welding techniques and appropriate welding equipment.
  • Clean and prepare surfaces to be welded.
  • Set up, assemble, and tack weld parts.
  • Build up worn or defective surfaces.
  • Use burning equipment to dismantle assemblies and cut material to size and shape.
  • Keep equipment and work area clean and orderly.

Requirements

  • Welding experience.
  • Familiarity with iron worker, plasma cutter, pipe threaded, and grinders.
  • Background check, physical, and drug test required.

Benefits

  • Health Insurance
  • Dental
  • Vision
  • 401k

Benefits

Health Insurance
Dental
Vision
401k
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How this job compares in Anaheim, CA

Pay in context

At roughly $23/hr, this posting comes in about 28% 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 10% 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 Anaheim, CA

Anaheim, CA currently has 7 other active welding openings besides this one, spread across 6 employers. None of them were added in the last week, so this is a slower-moving market. Across California as a whole we're tracking 399 other active welding openings from 208 employers. That's enough local activity to be worth comparing two or three offers before committing. Browse every welding job in Anaheim, or widen the search to California.

DXP Enterprises, Inc. currently has 2 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 (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, 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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