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Job Description

Overview

dormakaba is seeking a Welder I based in Chino, CA. The Welder I is responsible for welding and assembling metal pieces and products by using handheld welding equipment.

Responsibilities

  • Read and interpret instructions, blueprints, schematics, drawings, and welding process specifications.
  • Operate manual or semi-automatic welding equipment to fuse metal segments using processes such as MIG.
  • Follow production schedules to meet work order delivery dates ensuring efficient use of labor.
  • Order parts if needed.
  • Examine work pieces for flaws and imperfections.

Requirements

  • High school diploma or equivalent.
  • Previous experience in MIG welding in a manufacturing environment and/or training.
  • Ability to read and interpret instructions, blueprints, schematics, and drawings.

Benefits

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

Additional Information

  • Must be able to lift 50 lbs.

Benefits

Health Insurance
Dental
Vision
PTO
401k
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How this job compares in Chino, CA

Pay in context

At roughly $28/hr, this posting comes in about 21% below the $35/hr median for welding jobs across California, where the middle half runs $28–$44/hr across 478 postings with published pay. Put another way, it pays more than about 27% 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 Chino, CA

This is the only active welding job we're currently tracking in Chino, 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 623 other active welding openings from 287 employers. Browse welding jobs across California.

The most active employers in California at the moment, by number of open welding reqs, are SpaceX (34), Vast (22), and Relativity Space (20). 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 Redondo Beach at $71/hr, Long Beach at $54/hr, and Torrance at $43/hr. If you can relocate or commute, that spread is worth factoring in.

What you'll be running

This posting calls for MIG. MIG (GMAW) feeds a continuous wire electrode through a shielding-gas nozzle. It lays down metal fast and is forgiving on clean material, which is why it dominates production and light fabrication work.

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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. Welder I figures were last recalculated when this page was built.