Job Description

Overview

Built Rite Industries is seeking a proactive and punctual team member to join their welding/fabrication team in modifying and customizing shipping container parts. The role involves working in a warehouse environment and contributing to the preparation of orders while maintaining a clean workspace.

Responsibilities

  • MIG welding and grinding steel components to help modify shipping containers
  • Working with a team to help prepare orders
  • Keeping up with inventory levels
  • Maintaining a clean work environment
  • Willingness to learn and follow instructions

Requirements

Benefits

Additional Information

  • Hours are from 7-3:30 with overtime available
  • Looking for all levels from beginner to advanced

How this job compares in Ranch Dominguez, CA

Pay in context

At roughly $18/hr, this posting comes in about 45% 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 4% 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 Ranch Dominguez, CA

This is the only active welding job we're currently tracking in Ranch Dominguez, 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 207 employers. Browse welding jobs across 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. 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.

See all welder fabricator openings if you want to compare this against similar roles.

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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. Welding/Fabrication figures were last recalculated when this page was built.