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Job Description

Overview

A specialty and industrial door manufacturing company in Pico Rivera is looking to hire associates for the position of Welder / Fabricator Helper on the 1st shift, starting as soon as possible.

Responsibilities

  • Perform MIG / ARC welding and fabrication of bullet proof doors
  • Conduct spot welding
  • Measure and cut material
  • Clean up and finish doors
  • Work with sheet metal and stainless steel
  • Grind, sand, and buff materials

Requirements

  • 3+ years current welding experience
  • Available to work overtime and weekends as needed
  • Willingness to work in different departments as needed
  • Must have reliable transportation
  • Ability to lift up to 50 lbs
  • Knowledge of power tools and hand tools
  • Ability to read a tape measure and blueprints

Benefits

Additional Information

  • 1st shift - 6am - 2:30pm
  • Monday - Friday
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How this job compares in Pico Rivera, CA

Pay in context

At roughly $19/hr, this posting comes in about 41% 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 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 Pico Rivera, CA

Pico Rivera, CA is a small market in our index: 1 other active welding opening alongside this one, from 1 employer. Across California as a whole we're tracking 399 other active welding openings from 208 employers. With this few local postings, most welders here end up either commuting or looking at travel work. Browse welding jobs across California.

Welding Shop in Los Angeles, CA currently has 8 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. 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.

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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. Welder / Fabricator Helper - 1st shift figures were last recalculated when this page was built.