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Overview

At Sunrun, we’re on a mission to change the way the world interacts with energy, focusing on employee development, well-being, and safety. The Installer position is a critical member of a solar installation construction team, responsible for completing residential solar installation projects while ensuring safety and collaboration.

Responsibilities

  • Ensure personal, crew and job site safety at all times.
  • Participate in training sessions on new products, installation methodology and safety.
  • Review inventory at loading dock to ensure assigned crew truck is stocked adequately.
  • Complete layout and assemble solar modules, racking, mechanical and structural mounts, electrical equipment and tools.
  • Apply weather sealing to roofing structures.
  • Perform project clean up including client site and installation vehicle.

Requirements

  • Previous solar, construction or military experience preferred but not required.
  • Adhere to company safety policies and procedures.
  • Ability to get along with customers and coworkers in a courteous and professional manner.
  • Ability to meet due dates, metrics and impact results both individually and as a teammate.

Benefits

  • 401k
  • Health Insurance
  • Dental
  • Vision
  • PTO

Additional Information

  • Full benefits package including health, vision, dental insurance, 401K with company match, Employee Stock Purchase Program, paid training.
  • Opportunity for internal advancement.

Benefits

401k
Health Insurance
Dental
Vision
PTO
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How this job compares in Santa Fe Springs, CA

Pay in context

At roughly $27/hr, this posting comes in about 22% below the $34/hr median for welding jobs across California, where the middle half runs $27–$43/hr across 498 postings with published pay. Put another way, it pays more than about 23% 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 Santa Fe Springs, CA

Santa Fe Springs, CA currently has 4 other active welding openings besides this one, spread across 4 employers. 2 of them were added in the last week. Across California as a whole we're tracking 650 other active welding openings from 314 employers. That's enough local activity to be worth comparing two or three offers before committing. Browse every welding job in Santa Fe Springs, or widen the search to California.

The most active employers in California at the moment, by number of open welding reqs, are SpaceX (34), Honeywell Aerospace (16), and Aerotek (13). 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 $53/hr, Redondo Beach at $51/hr, and Long Beach at $42/hr. If you can relocate or commute, that spread is worth factoring in.

Similar openings near Santa Fe Springs, CA

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