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Job Description

Overview

This role focuses on the safe, efficient, and high-quality fitting and joining of skylights, smoke vents, and related components using established fabrication and welding processes. You will work on a day shift in a production environment, using wire-feed welding equipment and fabrication tools to build parts to precise specifications and prepare them for assembly.

Responsibilities

  • Safely and securely move required materials into and out of the work area.
  • Fit and join skylights, smoke vents, and related components.
  • Use established fabrication and welding processes.
  • Build parts to precise specifications.
  • Prepare parts for assembly.

Requirements

Benefits

Additional Information

  • Contract position.
  • Start ASAP.
  • Day shift.
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How this job compares in Fountain Valley, CA

Pay in context

At roughly $16/hr, this posting comes in about 53% below the $33/hr median for welder fabricator jobs across California, where the middle half runs $26–$37/hr across 47 postings with published pay. Put another way, it pays more than about 0% 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 Fountain Valley, CA

This is the only active welding job we're currently tracking in Fountain Valley, 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 208 employers. Browse welding jobs across 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 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.

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