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Overview

The Manufacturing Associate role at Howmet Aerospace Inc. involves supporting rework and manufacturing processes with a focus on quality and efficiency. The position requires the use of production equipment and precision measurement tools to ensure parts meet company standards and customer specifications.

Responsibilities

  • Utilize drawings or blueprints to produce parts by machine or hand assemblies
  • Perform parts inspections in different stages of production
  • Utilize precision measurement tools and equipment to verify work order specifications
  • Maintain a clean and safe work environment, notifying appropriate leaders of potential and reoccurring issues
  • Sort, deburr, and clean parts

Requirements

  • 0.5 years of manufacturing experience
  • Proficient at utilizing precision measurement tools including mics, calipers, and gauges
  • Experience working with fastener parts (preferred)
  • Experience working with production documents and work orders (preferred)

Benefits

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How this job compares in Brea, CA

Pay in context

At roughly $22/hr, this posting comes in about 53% below the $47/hr median for manufacturing welder jobs across California, where the middle half runs $30–$71/hr across 32 postings with published pay. Put another way, it pays more than about 3% 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 Brea, CA

Brea, CA currently has 7 other active welding openings besides this one, spread across 6 employers. 1 of them was added in the last week. Across California as a whole we're tracking 650 other active welding openings from 315 employers. That's enough local activity to be worth comparing two or three offers before committing. Browse every welding job in Brea, or widen the search to California.

Howmet Aerospace currently has 4 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), 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.

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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. Manufacturing Associate figures were last recalculated when this page was built.