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Job Description

Overview

Cambero Metal Works is a family-owned custom metal fabrication shop established in 2003, specializing in stainless steel fabrication and serving the San Gabriel community. They are looking for skilled TIG welders to join their close-knit team and contribute to various applications across business, residential, commercial, industrial, and manufacturing sectors.

Requirements

  • Minimum 3 years of TIG welding experience
  • Working knowledge of welding equipment
  • Ability to read and understand blueprints, weld symbols, and related specs
  • Familiarity with welding procedures, concepts, and best practices
  • Ability to weld light gauge stainless steel and aluminum
  • Ability to assemble, build, and fit up metal components
  • Comfortable standing, lifting, pushing, and working in awkward positions as needed

Benefits

  • PTO

Additional Information

  • Full-time, Monday–Friday, 6:00 AM–2:30 PM, with overtime opportunities
  • Starting pay: $25.00/hour — negotiable based on skills assessment and experience
  • Paid Time Off (PTO)
  • Paid holidays
  • Opportunities for training and career advancement
  • Positive, collaborative work environment
  • Location: 210 Agostino Rd., San Gabriel, CA

Benefits

PTO
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How this job compares in San Gabriel, CA

Pay in context

At roughly $25/hr, this posting comes in about 19% below the $31/hr median for TIG welder jobs across California, where the middle half runs $28–$35/hr across 44 postings with published pay. Put another way, it pays more than about 11% 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 San Gabriel, CA

This is the only active welding job we're currently tracking in San Gabriel, 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 440 other active welding openings from 214 employers. Browse welding jobs across California.

The most active employers in California at the moment, by number of open welding reqs, are SpaceX (26), 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, Long Beach at $42/hr, and Los Angeles at $38/hr. If you can relocate or commute, that spread is worth factoring in.

What you'll be running

This posting calls for TIG. 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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