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Job Description

Overview

Cemex US is a leader in the building materials industry, committed to delivering innovative products and services. The Worker Yard position involves performing various strenuous unskilled and semi-skilled tasks under supervision.

Responsibilities

  • Digging, excavating, trenching, and backfilling
  • Keeping facility clean and organized
  • Building forms and stripping forms
  • Mixing and pouring concrete and castables
  • Performing or assisting with minor maintenance and repairs
  • Assisting in performance of clean-up prior and after maintenance work
  • Adhering to all CEMEX and O.S.H.A. rules and regulations at all times and wearing proper safety equipment while on plant grounds
  • Meeting or exceeding company safety standards
  • Performing other job responsibilities as assigned by management

Requirements

  • Be able to read, write, and speak English
  • High school preferred
  • Bilingual a plus

Benefits

  • Health Insurance
  • Dental
  • Vision
  • 401k
  • PTO

Additional Information

  • Continuous exposure to extreme heat, extreme cold, extreme noise, and working outdoors
  • Must wear protective equipment while at the location
  • Requires walking, sitting, lifting, pushing, pulling, and climbing to a significant degree
  • Must pass DOT physical to include back x-ray, hearing test and drug/alcohol screen

Benefits

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

Pay in context

At roughly $26/hr, this posting comes in about 25% below the $34/hr median for welding jobs across California, where the middle half runs $27–$43/hr across 498 postings with published pay. Put another way, it pays more than about 20% 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 Compton, CA

This is the only active welding job we're currently tracking in Compton, 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 650 other active welding openings from 314 employers. Browse welding jobs across California.

The most active employers in California at the moment, by number of open welding reqs, are SpaceX (34), Honeywell Aerospace (16), and Aerotek (13). 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 $53/hr, Redondo Beach at $51/hr, and Long Beach at $42/hr. If you can relocate or commute, that spread is worth factoring in.

Similar openings near Compton, CA

Pay figures are medians computed from live postings in the Welding Pros index, not from survey data, and they move as employers post. Worker Yard figures were last recalculated when this page was built.