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Overview

The Architectural Millwork Fabricator position involves shop fabrication of custom millwork, utilizing various tools and machines depending on experience. The role offers a potential career path based on effort and skill level, with a work environment that can be hot, cold, dusty, and loud.

Responsibilities

  • Fabricate custom millwork using hand tools and machinery.
  • Operate table saws, sliding saws, gang saws, and CNC machines.
  • Perform edge banding and sanding with specialized equipment.
  • Engage in programming if computer skills are present.

Requirements

  • Experience with hand tools and woodworking machinery.
  • Ability to learn and adapt to different fabrication techniques.
  • Computer skills for programming are a plus.

Benefits

  • 401k
  • Health Insurance
  • Profit Sharing

Additional Information

  • Shop operates 9-hour days with 1 hour of overtime, 5 days a week from 5am to 2:30pm.
  • Hours may change depending on workload.

Benefits

401k
Health Insurance
Profit Sharing
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How this job compares in El Cajon, CA

Pay in context

This employer didn't publish a rate. For reference, welder fabricator jobs across California currently run a median of $29/hr in our index, with the middle half of them falling between $25–$36/hr across 59 postings with published pay. That median is a reasonable floor to anchor on when a recruiter asks what you're looking for.

The local market in El Cajon, CA

El Cajon, CA currently has 5 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 429 other active welding openings from 209 employers. That's enough local activity to be worth comparing two or three offers before committing. Browse every welding job in El Cajon, or widen the search to California.

Welding Shop in San Diego, CA currently has 8 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 (27), Aerotek (18), and Honeywell Aerospace (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 Torrance at $47/hr, Long Beach at $42/hr, and Los Angeles at $40/hr. If you can relocate or commute, that spread is worth factoring in.

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