Job Description

Overview

The Mechanical Assembler II is responsible for assembling various mechanical and electro-mechanical assemblies, including level sensors, pneumatic panels, and robot sub-assemblies, while adhering to safety guidelines and quality standards.

Responsibilities

  • Perform all duties of a Mechanical Assembler I.
  • Assemble level sensor and pneumatic panels using plumbing schematics, assembly drawings, and bill of materials.
  • Assemble robot sub-assemblies using assembly drawings, written instructions, and bill of materials.
  • Install plumbing parts and assemblies using manufacturing drawings.
  • Tack weld brackets using a hot air welder for plastics.
  • Run air lines from the pneumatics panel to air operated valves, pumps, and tanks.
  • Perform fusion welds on polypropylene, PVDF, and PFA piping using a GF IR-63+ fusion welder.
  • Assist in final setting and leveling the tool prior to system testing.
  • Assist in facility equipment upgrades and preventive maintenance/repairs.

Requirements

  • High School diploma or equivalent military experience.
  • 3 years manufacturing assembly experience in semiconductor preferred.
  • Ability to perform hot flaring on PFA tubing and assemble PVC piping.
  • Ability to read and interpret manufacturing blueprints.
  • Knowledgeable on semiconductor industry fittings and thread types.
  • Basic computer skills to review drawings, bill of materials, and installation instructions.
  • Ability to follow verbal and written work instruction.
  • Ability to effectively understand and operate within safety guidelines and policies.

Additional Information

  • Standard production/manufacturing environment.
  • Work involves extended periods of standing, occasional walking, stooping, bending, and lifting up to 50 pounds.
  • Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform essential functions.

How this job compares in Albany, OR

Pay in context

At roughly $24/hr, this posting comes in about 17% below the $29/hr median for welding jobs across Oregon, where the middle half runs $25–$34/hr across 45 postings with published pay. Put another way, it pays more than about 16% 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 Albany, OR

Albany, OR currently has 3 other active welding openings besides this one, spread across 2 employers. 1 of them was added in the last week. Across Oregon as a whole we're tracking 71 other active welding openings from 44 employers. That's enough local activity to be worth comparing two or three offers before committing. Browse every welding job in Albany, or widen the search to Oregon.

The most active employers in Oregon at the moment, by number of open welding reqs, are Welding Shop in Portland, OR (13), AAON, Inc. (4), and Sulzer (4). Volume like that usually means either a genuine expansion or a staffing agency working several client sites — worth knowing which before you apply.

Within Oregon, the best-paying metros we track by median hourly rate are Redmond at $29/hr and Portland at $29/hr. If you can relocate or commute, that spread is worth factoring in.

Similar openings near Albany, OR

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