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Job Description

Overview

The position is for a Steel Erector Certified Welder with a minimum of five years of experience, requiring skills in crane operation, forklift use, and hand erecting. The company specializes in large custom homes and commercial projects.

Responsibilities

  • Erect structural steel.
  • Operate cranes and forklifts.
  • Read and interpret drawings.
  • Use personal tools and equipment.

Requirements

  • Minimum five years of experience as a structural steel erector.
  • Crane experience.
  • Forklift certification.
  • Hand erecting certification.
  • Ability to read drawings.
  • Own personal tools and belt.
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How this job compares in Oceanside, CA

Pay in context

At roughly $32/hr, this posting lands within a few percent of the $32/hr median for welding jobs across California, whose middle half runs $27–$43/hr across 329 postings with published pay. Put another way, it pays more than about 49% 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 Oceanside, CA

Oceanside, CA currently has 5 other active welding openings besides this one, spread across 4 employers. None of them were added in the last week, so this is a slower-moving market. Across California as a whole we're tracking 433 other active welding openings from 199 employers. That's enough local activity to be worth comparing two or three offers before committing. Browse every welding job in Oceanside, or widen the search to California.

The most active employers in California at the moment, by number of open welding reqs, are SpaceX (28), Honeywell Aerospace (17), and Aerotek (17). 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 Long Beach at $43/hr, El Segundo at $43/hr, and Torrance at $43/hr. If you can relocate or commute, that spread is worth factoring in.

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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. Steel erector certified Welder figures were last recalculated when this page was built.