Job Description

Now hiring for a Rail Fabricator – Direct Hire

Location: Oakdale, CA

Pay Rate: $30.00 per hour

Schedule: Monday–Friday, 7:00 AM–3:45 PM

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Looking for Rail Fabricator jobs in Oakdale where your welding skills help build quality products? This opportunity lets you apply your craftsmanship to fabricate, join, and repair metal components while supporting safe, efficient manufacturing operations.

Education Requirements

  • High school diploma or GED preferred.
  • Vocational training, welding certification, or technical education is beneficial.

Experience Requirements

  • 3–5 years of structural steel fitting experience
  • Must have experience reading and interpreting shop fabrication drawings
  • Minimum 2 years of handrail and guardrail fabrication experience
  • Experience with band saws required
  • Pipe bender experience preferred
  • Must pass a welding test

Job Duties

  • Read and interpret structural steel blueprints and fabrication plans
  • Layout, fit, and assemble metal components to specification
  • Perform accurate measurements using weld gauges, tape measures, and other tools
  • Cut materials using torches and fabrication equipment
  • Follow welding procedures and quality standards
  • Operate shop power tools and hand tools safely
  • Maintain and properly store equipment after use
  • Assist in various production areas as needed

Preferred Qualifications

  • Previous experience in manufacturing, fabrication, structural welding, or production environments is preferred.
  • Experience using grinders, saws, cutting equipment, and metal fabrication tools is beneficial.
  • Knowledge of weld inspection, blueprint interpretation, and quality control procedures is considered an asset.
  • Individuals who demonstrate craftsmanship, dependability, and a commitment to continuous improvement are well positioned for success as a Rail Fabricator.

Physical Capabilities

  • Ability to stand, walk, bend, kneel, and work in welding positions throughout the shift.
  • Ability to lift metal components, materials, and equipment weighing up to 50 pounds.
  • Ability to safely wear welding helmets, gloves, and required personal protective equipment.
  • Ability to safely work around welding equipment, sparks, heat, and fabrication machinery while following established safety procedures.

Benefits vary by client and are confirmed at the time of offer. Examples may include:

Medical, dental, and vision insurance Life insurance Disability insurance 401(k) Paid time off (PTO)

What You Will Do

As a Rail Fabricator you will prepare materials, set up welding equipment, perform welding operations, inspect completed welds, read blueprints, verify measurements, and help fabricate metal components according to engineering specifications. You will maintain welding equipment, follow quality standards, and support safe, efficient manufacturing operations while producing consistent, high-quality work.

A Rail Fabricator contributes to manufacturing operations by producing high-quality welded assemblies using welding equipment and established fabrication procedures. This position requires welding expertise, mechanical aptitude, and commitment to quality.

The Rail Fabricator supports production through careful material preparation, accurate welding techniques, and consistent inspection of completed work while maintaining safe operating practices. Precision and reliability are central to professional success.

This profession rewards individuals who enjoy technical craftsmanship and fabrication work.

Benefits

401k
Dental
Vision
PTO

How this job compares in Oakdale, CA

Pay in context

At roughly $30/hr, this posting lands within a few percent of the $33/hr median for welder fabricator jobs across California, whose middle half runs $26–$38/hr across 59 postings with published pay. Put another way, it pays more than about 37% of the comparable postings we have wage data for. In other words it is a market-rate offer, so benefits, overtime, and shift schedule are where the real difference between this and the next posting on the list shows up.

The local market in Oakdale, CA

This is the only active welding job we're currently tracking in Oakdale, 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 215 employers. Browse welding jobs across California.

Staffmark currently has 2 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 (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.

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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. Rail Fabricator figures were last recalculated when this page was built.