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Overview

As a Welder I at StandardAero, you will fabricate, repair, and assemble aircraft engine and component parts using specialized welding processes. The company is a global leader in aerospace MRO services, offering a stable and respectful culture that supports long-term career development.

Responsibilities

  • Produce a variety of parts from shop drawings to conform to specifications
  • Read and interpret blueprints or welding process specifications
  • Operate brazing and soldering equipment
  • Operate metal shaping machines such as brakes, shears, and other metal straightening and bending machines
  • Participate in continuous improvement of processes
  • Cross train in other complementary skills to support production requirements
  • Observe all applicable safety requirements

Requirements

  • High school diploma, GED, or equivalent required
  • Minimum of 3 years of welding experience
  • Completion of a welding apprenticeship program or equivalent hands-on training
  • Ability to read, understand and interpret blueprints and welding process specifications
  • Ability to lift up to 50 pounds without assistance for approximately 25% of the workday

Benefits

  • Health Insurance
  • 401k
  • PTO
  • Short-Term Disability
  • Long-Term Disability
  • Life & AD&D Insurance

Additional Information

  • Location: Stockton, CA
  • Must meet US Persons requirements per ITAR

Benefits

Health Insurance
401k
PTO
Short-Term Disability
Long-Term Disability
Life & AD&D Insurance
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How this job compares in Stockton, CA

Pay in context

At roughly $37/hr, this posting lands within a few percent of the $35/hr median for welding jobs across California, whose middle half runs $28–$45/hr across 429 postings with published pay. Put another way, it pays more than about 56% 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 Stockton, CA

Stockton, CA is a small market in our index: 1 other active welding opening alongside this one, from 1 employer. Across California as a whole we're tracking 563 other active welding openings from 257 employers. With this few local postings, most welders here end up either commuting or looking at travel work. Browse welding jobs across California.

The most active employers in California at the moment, by number of open welding reqs, are SpaceX (36), Honeywell Aerospace (16), and Valar Atomics (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 Pasadena at $51/hr, Santa Ana at $48/hr, and El Segundo at $48/hr. If you can relocate or commute, that spread is worth factoring in.

Similar openings near Stockton, CA

Pay figures are medians computed from live postings in the Welding Pros index, not from survey data, and they move as employers post. Welder I figures were last recalculated when this page was built.