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Overview

This role leads a team of experienced metal fabricators and welders in a large aerospace facility in Santa Ana, CA. You will perform high-quality custom fabrication and welding while guiding and supporting the welding team to meet demanding production schedules.

Responsibilities

  • Lead a team of metal fabricators and welders.
  • Perform high-quality custom fabrication and welding.
  • Guide and support the welding team to meet production schedules.
  • Focus on precision work with steel, stainless steel, and aluminum.
  • Interpret CAD-based engineering drawings.
  • Ensure all finished products meet quality standards.
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How this job compares in Santa Ana, CA

Pay in context

At roughly $60/hr, this posting sits about 88% above the $32/hr median for welding jobs across California — toward the top of a $27–$38/hr middle band drawn from 313 postings with published pay. Put another way, it pays more than about 92% of the comparable postings we have wage data for. Pay that far above local median usually comes attached to something: a harder cert requirement, travel, night shift, or overtime that isn't really optional. Worth establishing which before you accept.

The local market in Santa Ana, CA

Santa Ana, CA currently has 5 other active welding openings besides this one, spread across 3 employers. 1 of them was added in the last week. 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 Santa Ana, or widen the search to California.

Aerotek currently has 16 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 (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 Los Angeles at $38/hr, Santa Ana at $38/hr, and Hawthorne at $36/hr. Santa Ana is among them.

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