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Overview

We are seeking a highly skilled and motivated Sheet Metal Fabricator to join our dynamic manufacturing and fabrication team. The ideal candidate will have strong blueprint-reading skills, attention to detail, and experience working with precision sheet metal fabrication equipment.

Responsibilities

  • Read and interpret detailed blueprints, shop drawings, schematics, fabrication drawings, and engineering specifications.
  • Fabricate electrical enclosures, control cabinets, electrical panels, junction boxes, covers, brackets, and custom sheet metal assemblies.
  • Measure, mark, cut, bend, punch, drill, form, and assemble sheet metal components according to specified dimensions and tolerances.
  • Operate press brakes, shears, punches, plasma cutters, saws, drills, grinders, and other sheet metal fabrication equipment.
  • Set up and operate press brake equipment to accurately form sheet metal components and maintain required bend angles and dimensions.
  • Perform layout, drilling, tapping, punching, cutting, and other machining operations required for electrical enclosure fabrication.
  • Install and assemble hinges, latches, handles, brackets, mounting plates, hardware, and other enclosure components.
  • Use hand tools, power tools, calipers, micrometers, tape measures, squares, levels, and other precision measuring instruments.
  • Work with materials including galvanized steel, cold-rolled steel, stainless steel, aluminum, and other sheet metal products.
  • Follow engineering drawings and specifications to ensure proper hole locations, cutouts, bends, dimensions, and component placement.
  • Inspect completed parts and assemblies to verify dimensions, fit, finish, workmanship, and compliance with specifications.
  • Identify and correct fabrication issues, dimensional discrepancies, and fit-up problems.
  • Work closely with engineering, electrical assembly, quality control, and production teams to resolve fabrication and assembly issues.
  • Maintain accurate production and quality records as required.
  • Safely operate material-handling equipment such as forklifts and overhead cranes when qualified.
  • Maintain a clean, organized, and safe work area while following all company safety procedures.
  • Follow established quality-control procedures and production standards to ensure consistent, high-quality electrical enclosure products.
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How this job compares in Rancho Cordova, CA

Pay in context

This employer didn't publish a rate. For reference, welder fabricator jobs across California currently run a median of $33/hr in our index, with the middle half of them falling between $25–$37/hr across 55 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 Rancho Cordova, CA

Rancho Cordova, CA is a small market in our index: 2 other active welding openings alongside this one, from 2 employers. Across California as a whole we're tracking 416 other active welding openings from 216 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 Sacramento, CA currently has 4 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.

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