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Metal Fabricator & Welder – High-End Custom Fabrication

Location

Los Angeles, CA

Employment Type

Full-time

Required Skills & Certifications

MIG WeldingTIG Welding
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Posted on August 12, 2026

Job Description

Overview

We are a leading art fabrication company and foundry in Vernon, CA seeking a skilled and detail-oriented Metal Fabricator / Welder to join our growing team. The role involves producing complex, large-scale sculptures and artworks for leading contemporary artists, requiring precision, problem-solving, craftsmanship, and an extremely high level of attention to detail.

Responsibilities

  • Produce complex, large-scale sculptures and artworks.
  • Utilize MIG and TIG welding techniques.
  • Perform metal fabrication, fit-up, and assembly.
  • Work with materials such as stainless steel, mild steel, aluminum, and bronze.
  • Accurately measure, layout, cut, and fit materials.
  • Grind, sand, blend, and finish welds.
  • Fabricate from drawings, dimensions, and templates.
  • Use standard shop, welding, and power tools.
  • Read shop drawings and welding symbols.

Requirements

  • Traditional metal fabrication experience preferred.
  • Strong MIG and TIG welding skills.
  • Good mechanical aptitude and a strong desire to learn.
  • Ability to work efficiently within active production deadlines.
  • Strong team player with leadership capabilities.
  • Dependable, hardworking, and organized.
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How this job compares in Los Angeles, CA

Pay in context

This employer didn't publish a rate. For reference, welding jobs in Los Angeles, CA currently run a median of $38/hr in our index, with the middle half of them falling between $32–$58/hr across 27 postings with published pay. That median is a reasonable floor to anchor on when a recruiter asks what you're looking for.

The local market in Los Angeles, CA

We're tracking 40 other active welding openings in Los Angeles, CA right now, from 30 different employers. None of them were added in the last week, so this is a slower-moving market. Across California as a whole we're tracking 399 other active welding openings from 207 employers. A metro this active generally means you have real leverage — employers here are competing for the same welders. Browse every welding job in Los Angeles, or widen the search to California.

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. Los Angeles is among them.

What you'll be running

This posting calls for MIG and TIG work. 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. TIG (GTAW) uses a non-consumable tungsten electrode with filler added by hand, giving the operator the most control of any process. It is slow, demanding, and the standard for stainless, aluminum, and anything where the bead has to look as good as it holds.

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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. Metal Fabricator & Welder – High-End Custom Fabrication figures were last recalculated when this page was built.