Shop Tech - Mechanical Assembly
Location
Cerritos, CA
Wage
$22/hr
Employment Type
Full-time
Posted on September 30, 2026
Location
Cerritos, CA
Wage
$22/hr
Employment Type
Full-time
Posted on September 30, 2026
The Shop Technician position at RESA Power involves supporting the mechanical assembly, fabrication, modification, and repair of low-voltage switchboards and medium-voltage switchgear. This hands-on role requires strong mechanical aptitude and tool proficiency, with a focus on assembly and repair tasks.
At roughly $22/hr, this posting comes in about 67% below the $66/hr median for manufacturing welder jobs across California, where the middle half runs $60–$76/hr across 19 postings with published pay. Put another way, it pays more than about 0% 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.
This is the only active welding job we're currently tracking in Cerritos, 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 600 other active welding openings from 270 employers. Browse welding jobs across California.
The most active employers in California at the moment, by number of open welding reqs, are SpaceX (37), Vast (18), and Relativity Space (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 Gardena at $73/hr, Redondo Beach at $72/hr, and Pasadena at $61/hr. If you can relocate or commute, that spread is worth factoring in.
Pay figures are medians computed from live postings in the Welding Pros index, not from survey data, and they move as employers post. Shop Tech - Mechanical Assembly figures were last recalculated when this page was built.