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Job Description

Overview

A specialty and industrial door manufacturing company in Pico Rivera is looking to hire Welders to start as soon as possible.

Responsibilities

  • MIG / ARC welding & fabrication of bullet proof doors
  • Spot welding
  • Measuring & cutting material
  • Clean up / finishing doors
  • Working with sheet metal & stainless steel
  • Grinding / sanding

Requirements

  • 3+ years current welding experience
  • Available to work overtime & weekends as needed
  • Willingness to work in different departments as needed
  • Must have reliable transportation
  • Ability to lift up to 50 lbs
  • Knowledge of power tools & hand tools
  • Know how to read a tape measure and blueprints

Additional Information

  • Work schedule is Monday - Friday from 6am to 2:30pm
  • Location is in Pico Rivera
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How this job compares in Pico Rivera, CA

Pay in context

At roughly $19/hr, this posting comes in about 42% below the $33/hr median for welding jobs across California, where the middle half runs $27–$42/hr across 335 postings with published pay. Put another way, it pays more than about 3% 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 Pico Rivera, CA

Pico Rivera, CA is a small market in our index: 1 other active welding opening alongside this one, from 1 employer. Across California as a whole we're tracking 436 other active welding openings from 211 employers. With this few local postings, most welders here end up either commuting or looking at travel work. Browse welding jobs across California.

Welding Shop in Los Angeles, CA currently has 17 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 (28), Welding Shop in Los Angeles, CA (17), and Honeywell Aerospace (14). 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 $48/hr, Long Beach at $43/hr, and El Segundo 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.

See all MIG welder openings if you want to compare this against similar roles.

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